ENERGY MODELING: A TUTORIAL AND INTRODUCTION …

1 ENERGY modeling : A TUTORIAL AND INTRODUCTION TO eQUEST Michael Knox Graduate Student Department of Construction Management 291 W Laurel St. Guggenheim Hall Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 720-935-3994 Caroline Clevenger Assistant Professor Department of Construction Management 291 W Laurel St. Guggenheim Hall Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 970-491-7963 May 2013 2 ABSTRACT Buildings consume over 70% of all electricity in the United States. It is critical for project teams to have the ability to evaluate and assess performance throughout a project s life-cycle. ENERGY modeling is a process that enables decision-makers to estimate performance, compare impacts, and select among viable design alternatives. modeling building performance, however, is complex, and requires numerous inputs and assumptions. The fidelity of results largely depends on the quality of such assumptions.

various climates. The primary software used is eQUEST, a free software available as an interface to the Department of Energy’s calculation engine, DOE-2. DOE-2 is a building energy simulation engine developed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Department of Energy to provide a public domain building energy simulation

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