Multi-zone building simulation, influence of climate and adaptation to climate change
Type: Building simulation, climate data
Start: immediately, duration 6 months
Supervision: Elisa Venturi, Dr Fabian Ochs, Mara Magni
Language: German or English
Motivation
Building simulation is required in many projects in order to investigate the behaviour of the building and the heating system in detail over the course of the year. Climate data and thermal zoning as additional boundary conditions can have a significant influence on the results of building simulations. The climate data can be supplied both from external sources and from the sensors installed in the university laboratory. Thanks to the CarnotUIBK software in MATLAB/Simulink, which has been developed in our department in recent years (Siegele, Leonardi, & Ochs, 2019), it is possible to consider alternative approaches to studying building behaviour.
The first objective of the study concerns the harmonisation of the climate files and the investigation of their influence on the results of the building simulation (e.g. on the heating demand, indoor temperature, photovoltaic production, etc.). The second objective of the study is to analyse the thermal zoning in the simulation results.
Their tasks are:
The student will compare climate data (standard and measured in several years from different sources) for Innsbruck. The student will have the opportunity to learn how to use CarnotUIBK and perform simulations with different approaches to thermal zonation. This software will be used to analyse the influence of the climate file and thermal zoning (e.g. on heating demand, indoor temperature, photovoltaic production, etc.).
Workflow and methodology
- Literature research
- Familiarisation with the existing climate files
- Development of a method for comparing and harmonising different climate files
- Familiarisation with the CarnotUIBK software
- Building simulations according to different thermal zonings
- Comparison of building simulation results obtained with different climate files and zonings
- Analysing the influence of climate and zoning on the building simulation
Acquired qualification
The candidate acquires knowledge of building simulation, in particular he/she learns how to use the CarnotUIBK software. The candidate has the opportunity to work with monitored data, familiarises him/herself with different sources of monitored data and learns about their influence on the simulation results.
If you are interested, please contact:
Elisa Venturi
Faculty of Engineering Sciences, AB Energy Efficient Building
elisa.venturi@uibk.ac.at
Dr Fabian Ochs
Faculty of Engineering Sciences, AB Energy Efficient Building
fabian.ochs@uibk.ac.at
Mara Magni
Faculty of Engineering Sciences, AB Energy Efficient Building
mara.magni@uibk.ac.at