ARAB ACADEMY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY &

MARITIME TRANSPORT

COLLEGE OF
AND

ENGINEERING
TECHNOLOGY

CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT

CB 533: Environmental Control and Energy in Buildings

Building Energy Performance

Simulation Using DesignBuilder
Software
(Term Project)

Student
Name
Reg.
Number

Class

Table of Contents
Topic
Page
1. Architectural Design ....
.. x

2. Model Data ..
. x
2.1 Activity Tab ......
..... x
2.1.1 Occupancy ...

x
2.1.2 Environmental Control .

. x
2.2 Construction Tab .....
..... x
2.2.1 External Walls ......

x
2.2.2 Internal Partitions ....

. x
2.2.3 Flat Roof .....

. x
2.2.4 Ground Floor .......

. x

2.2.5 Internal Floor .......

. x
2.2.6 External Floor ..........

. x
2.2.7 Infiltration Rate .......

. x
2.3 Openings Tab .......
..... x
2.4 Lighting Tab ........
..... x
2.5 HVAC Tab ..............
.. x

3. Load Calculations ..
. x
3.1 Heating Load Calculations .........
..... x
3.2 Cooling Load Calculations .........
..... x

4. Annual Energy Consumption ..

. x

5. Annual CO2 Emissions.....

. x

6. Conclusion and Recommendations ...

.. x

1.

Architectural Design

A picture of the rendered 3D model (obtained through visualise

tab) and the plan of the building with a description of the building
characteristics (number of floors number of apartments the
area of each apartment etc.)

2.

Model Data

2.1 Activity Tab

2.1.1

Occupancy

Put the occupancy details of your model in a table like the

following:
Zon

Area

No.

of Occupancy

Density

2.1.2
Environmental Control
a) Heating and cooling setpoint temperatures:
Put the heating and cooling setpoint temperatures for the zones of
your model in a table like the following:
Zone

Heating

Setpoint Cooling

Setpoint

b) Humidity control:
Write the used RH humidification setpoint and RH dehumidification
setpoint in your model.
c) Minimum fresh air:
Put the used values for minimum fresh air in each zone of your
model in a table like the following:
Zone

Minimum fresh air (L/s/person)

2.2 Construction Tab

2.2.1

External Walls

State the layers of the external walls used in your model and
support that with an image for the wall layers and the graph of
condensation analysis, also mention the U-Value for the wall.
2.2.2

Internal Partitions

State the layers of the internal partitions used in your model and
support that with an image for the partition layers and the graph
of condensation analysis, also mention the U-Value for the
partition.
2.2.3

Flat Roof

State the layers of the roof used in your model and support that
with an image for the roof layers and the graph of condensation
analysis, also mention the U-Value for the roof.
2.2.4

Ground Floor

State the layers of the ground floor used in your model and
support that with an image for the ground floor layers and the
graph of condensation analysis, also mention the U-Value for the
ground floor.
2.2.5

Internal Floor

State the layers of the internal floor used in your model and
support that with an image for the internal floor layers and the
graph of condensation analysis, also mention the U-Value for the
internal floor.
2.2.6

External Floor

If you have an external floor in your model, state the layers of the
external floor used in your model and support that with an image
for the external floor layers and the graph of condensation
analysis, also mention the U-Value for the external floor.

2.2.7

Infiltration Rate

State the infiltration rate used in your model (in ac/h).

2.3 Openings Tab

State the window type used in your model (single, double etc.)

2.4 Lighting Tab

Sate the lamps type used in your model (fluorescent, LED etc.)

2.5 HVAC Tab

State the HVAC system type used in your model (split etc.)

3.

Load Calculations

3.1 Heating Load Calculations

Put the results of the heating design in a table like the following:
Zon
e

Steady-State Heat
Loss (kW)

Design
Capacity (kW)

Design Capacity
(W/m)

3.2 Cooling Load Calculations

Put the results of the cooling design in a table like the following:
Zon
e

Sensi
ble
(kW)

Latent
(kW)

Total Cooling
Load (kW)
5

Design
Capacity (kW)

4.

Annual Energy Consumption

State the annual energy consumption of the building and its

breakdown (support that with a graph).

5.

Annual CO2 Emissions

State the annual CO2 emissions of the building (support that with a
graph).

6.

Conclusion and Recommendations (BONUS)

If you have any conclusion or recommendations, state them in this

section.