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

空间调节目前占普通美国家庭能源使用量的50%以上，其中大部分能源需要补偿通过建筑围护结构产生的能量损失。本研究工作涉及设计、优化和实验验证一种新型的用于住房的主动建筑围护结构（ABE）系统。abe系统将主动利用太阳能向与被动热传导方向相反的方向泵送热量。这种方法将有效地消除为热条件房屋提供其他能源的需要。这种多功能abe系统将能量受体、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，分为三个阶段。第一阶段将涉及具有代表性的abe系统工程和经济计算模型的开发，以及随后使用物理规划优化方法对这些模型进行优化。一个完整的房子将被考虑。在第二阶段，我们建议通过测试abe系统原型来验证建模和优化结果。在第三阶段，我们建议对abe系统建模、优化和测试工作进行全面评估。该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，该公司已承诺提供重要支持。智力优势：传统的策略，以减轻热损失或收益的建筑围护结构依赖于被动保温方法。然后，单独的加热和冷却系统补偿确实发生的能量损失或增益。提出的abe技术将从源头（即外壳）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一个知识框架，以实现经济上可行的abe系统，适用于现有和新的美国房屋。abe技术对美国社会和经济的影响是非常广泛的。例如，abe技术将减少美国对外国能源的依赖；将减少美国家庭的供暖和制冷费用；并将减少与化石能源开采相关的环境压力。abe技术还将适应对室内热舒适水平的更精确控制，这将产生更健康和高效的环境。

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.