Building Envelope Systems - Lena Bakalian

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Lena Bakalian

Analyze the Initial Building Model

By changing the operating schedule to 12/5 and the roof construction to R38, the Predicted Mean EUI went from 81.3 kBtu/ft^2/year to 60.2 kBtu/ft^2/year.

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Exploring the Impact of Building Envelope-Related Design Decisions

Using the Insight Factor tiles to create a combination that will reduce the predicted mean EUI to 54 kBtu/ft^2/year or lower, I reduced this to 47.0 kBtu/ft^2/year.

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Exploring the Potential Impact of Power and Lighting Measures

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Exploring the Benefits of Adding Photovoltaic Panels to Design

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After adding all features to the model, I was able to reach a negative EUI, which is pretty amazing. The photovoltaic features decreased this score the most substantially compared to modifications made from adjusting lighting and envelope-related design.