Active Building Envelope for Energy Self-Sufficiency: Design, Optimization, and Experimental Validation

空间空调目前占美国家庭平均能耗的50%以上，这些能源中的大部分需要用来补偿通过建筑围护结构产生的能量损失。本研究致力于住宅用新型主动建筑围护结构(ABE)系统的设计、优化和实验验证。安倍系统将积极利用太阳能，向与被动热传导方向相反的方向泵热。这种方法将有效地消除为热调节房屋提供其他能源的需要。这个多功能的ABE系统涉及到将能量接收器、传感器、存储、控制和分配技术集成到建筑围护结构中。这项研究将耗时三年完成，分三个阶段进行。第一阶段将涉及开发具有代表性的ABE系统工程和经济计算模型，并随后使用物理规划优化方法对这些模型进行优化。一座完整的房子将被考虑。在第二阶段，我们建议通过对ABE系统原型的测试来验证建模和优化结果。在第三阶段，我们建议对ABE系统的建模、优化和测试工作进行全面评估。这项研究将与我们的行业合作伙伴固态冷却系统公司密切合作，后者已承诺提供重要支持。智力优势：减少建筑围护结构热损失或增加的传统策略依赖于被动隔热方法。分开的供暖和制冷系统，然后补偿确实发生的能量损失或增加。拟议的ABE技术将从源头(即围护结构)积极解决散热问题。这种方法是全新的。我们的研究成果将建立实现经济上可行的ABE系统所需的智力框架-适用于现有和新的美国住房。安倍技术将对美国社会和经济产生非常广泛的影响。例如，安倍技术将减少美国对外国能源的依赖；将降低美国家庭的供暖和制冷成本；并将减轻与化石能源开发相关的环境压力。ABE-技术还将实现对室内热舒适水平的更精确控制，这将导致更健康和更高效的环境。

Space conditioning currently accounts for over 50% of the energy used in the average American home, the bulk of this energy is needed to compensate for energy losses that occur through the building envelope. This research effort deals with design, optimize, and experimentally validation of a novel Active Building Envelope (ABE) system for use in housing. The ABE-system will actively use solar energy to pump heat in the direction opposite to the passive heat conduction direction. This approach will effectively eliminate the need to supply other energy sources to thermally condition houses. This multi-functional ABE-system involves the integration of energy receptor, transducer, storage, control, and distribution technologies into the building envelope. The research will take three years to complete and will involve three Phases. The first Phase will involve the development of representative ABE-system engineering and economic computational models, and the subsequent optimization of these models using the physical programming optimization method. A complete house will be considered. During the second Phase, we propose to validate the modeling and optimization results through testing of an ABE-system prototype. During the third Phase we propose a comprehensive evaluation of the ABE-system modeling, optimization, and testing effort. The research will proceed in close collaboration with Solid State Cooling Systems Inc., our industry partner, who has made a commitment to provide significant support.Intellectual Merit: Conventional strategies to mitigate thermal losses or gains in building-envelopes rely on passive insulation approaches. Separate heating and cooling systems then compensate for energy losses or gains that do occur. The proposed ABE-technology will actively tackle the heat dissipation problem at its source (i.e. the envelope). This approach is completely new. The outcome of our researchwill establish the intellectual framework needed to accomplish economically viable ABE-systems applicable to both existing and new American houses. The impact ABE-technology will have on American society and economy is very broad. For example, ABE-technology will reduce US foreign energy dependence; will reduce heating andcooling costs for American families; and will reduce environmental pressures associated with the exploitation of fossil energy sources. ABE-technology will also accommodate more accurate control over indoor thermal comfort levels, which will result in more healthy and productive environments.