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in order to help designers to design systems and employ control methods which
result in achieving higher building energy effi ciency targets. In this section I have
paid special attention to components of the regular and advanced HVAC systems. In
each case not only I have a brief description of the system, but also I have specifi ed
the sources of energy consumption in each system. This would help the readers to
be capable of recognizing and relating these energy consumption sources back to
the concept of uncertainty and decision making which its use in energy modeling
process has been discussed in the fi nal chapter of this topic.
In the fi fth section I have explained the basics of load calculations and energy
modeling, along with a brief discussion about the potential renewable and sustain-
able energy production systems. I have fi nished this section with a discussion around
the most common building energy effi ciency scoring methods that are currently
being utilized worldwide.
Finally in the last section I have discussed the concept of uncertainty and the
requirement of including this tool in building energy modeling in order to quantify
and manage associated risk in modeling exercise. This implementation is currently
in early stages of development, and there is a vital need for commercial energy
modeling software writers to revise their products to make them capable of
performing risk based energy modeling instead of current deterministic modeling
approach. A holistic probabilistic energy modeling tool if it is developed would be
a very defi nitive step towards revolutionizing the way the industry looks at building
energy modeling and design decision.
In summary the following topics have been discussed in this topic:
Part 1: Introduction
1. A challenging task
Part 2: Collaboration
2. Integrated design
3. Categorizing knowledge
Part 3: Frameworks and standards
4. Frequently used codes and standards
5. Performance-based standards
6. Indoor air quality
7. Protective design practice
Part 4: Systems and controls
8. Types of HVAC Systems, and system selection
9. Automatic controls
Part 5: Energy modeling, sustainability scoring systems, and renewable energy
10. Energy modeling
11. Sustainability and energy conservation scoring systems
12. Renewable energy and sum-zero energy buildings
