Building performance modelling for the First House in Newfoundland built on PHIUS+2015 standards and design of Renewable energy system

Sabir Manzoor, M. Tariq Iqbal, David Goodyear

Abstract


We present the building performance of a house in Newfoundland. This house is built under the guidelines of the Passive House Institute United States (PHIUS+2015) standards. This is an important step took towards sustainable living in Newfoundland and Canada in general. Detailed energy consumption modelling of the house has been performed along with the steps involved in the simulation process of Passive House planning and renewable energy system sizing. A significant part of the study presents the majority of the construction details of the house and the components involved. In this study, we present actual energy consumption data acquired from the house and the simulation performed in both pre-construction and post-construction phases. Additionally, steps followed during the planning and construction phase have been discussed in detail, and both static and dynamic energy modelling has been compared. Moreover, a cost comparison has been performed to calculate all the additional costs spent on the resources to build the house according to the Passive House (PHIUS+2015) standards; the analysis indicated a cost of 12% extra when compared with the house built under local regulations. Finally, a renewable energy system is proposed for the house to meet the electricity needs of the house.


Keywords


Sustainable living; Renewable Energy modelling; Dynamic building simulation; Passive House; EnergyPlus.

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