A COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE FOR LARGE BUILDINGS

THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED BUILDING ENERGY EVALUATION PROGRAM, TO BE APPLIED TO LARGE BUILDINGS THAT DETERMINES THE OVERALL BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND DIAGNOSES SPECIFIC SOURCES OF ENERGY INEFFICIENCY. THE APPROACH IS TO MEASURE AND CALCULATE AN OVERALL BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE FACTOR AND COMPARE IT TO EXPECTED STANDARDS TO PROVIDE BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY EVALUATION. MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT WILL INDICATE AREAS OF INEFFICIENCY TO BE IMPROVED. MANY DATA INPUTS TO THE ANALYSIS WILL COME FROM A QUANTITATIVE ENERGY AUDIT PROCEDURE THAT IS ALSO EXPECTED TO DIAGNOSE ADDITIONAL ENERGY INEFFICIENCIES. THE ANALYSIS PROCEDURE AND AUDIT PROCEDURE WILL BE TESTED USING DATA FROM REAL BUILDINGS AND INTEGRATED INTO A COMPLETE ENERGY EVALUATION PROGRAM.