Modeling of HVAC operational faults in building performance simulation

•Discuss significance of capturing operational faults in existing buildings.•Develop a novel feature in EnergyPlus to model operational faults of HVAC systems.•Compare three approaches to faults modeling using EnergyPlus.•A case study demonstrates the use of the fault-modeling feature.•Future develo...

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Published in:Applied energy 2017-09, Vol.202 (C), p.178-188
Main Authors: Zhang, Rongpeng, Hong, Tianzhen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
air conditioning
buildings
climatic zones
decision making
diagnostic techniques
energy efficiency
Energy performance
EnergyPlus
heat
HVAC system
Modeling and simulation
Operational fault
prediction
Thermal comfort
United States
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