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On the evaluation of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems

On the evaluation of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems Abstract The combination of high demands concerning indoor air quality and thermal comfort as well as low environmental impact, while maintaining a building's energy consumption at acceptable levels, makes it necessary to develop a method for choosing and managing, in the best possible way, heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in new and existing buildings. This chapter presents a methodology that is based on a combination of two analysis tools, multi-criteria decision making and building simulation, in order to rank scenarios concerning the design of HVAC systems under different perspectives: economic performance, energy consumption, users' satisfaction and environmental impacts. The use of the ELECTRE III method and the coupling of TRNSYS and COMIS simulation programs are thoroughly discussed. The criteria describing the problem and an application example in order to evaluate the model are analytically presented. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Advances in Building Energy Research Taylor & Francis

On the evaluation of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems

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On the evaluation of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems

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Abstract The combination of high demands concerning indoor air quality and thermal comfort as well as low environmental impact, while maintaining a building's energy consumption at acceptable levels, makes it necessary to develop a method for choosing and managing, in the best possible way, heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in new and existing buildings. This chapter presents a methodology that is based on a combination of two analysis tools, multi-criteria...
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1756-2201
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10.3763/aber.2009.0402
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Abstract

Abstract The combination of high demands concerning indoor air quality and thermal comfort as well as low environmental impact, while maintaining a building's energy consumption at acceptable levels, makes it necessary to develop a method for choosing and managing, in the best possible way, heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in new and existing buildings. This chapter presents a methodology that is based on a combination of two analysis tools, multi-criteria decision making and building simulation, in order to rank scenarios concerning the design of HVAC systems under different perspectives: economic performance, energy consumption, users' satisfaction and environmental impacts. The use of the ELECTRE III method and the coupling of TRNSYS and COMIS simulation programs are thoroughly discussed. The criteria describing the problem and an application example in order to evaluate the model are analytically presented.

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Advances in Building Energy Research – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jan 1, 2010

Keywords: building simulation; HVAC systems; indoor air quality; multi-criteria analysis; thermal comfort

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