Design of energy-efficient buildings

申请人的研究计划的长期目标是设计节能建筑物，并为未来五年提出以下短期目标： a. 制定可持续建筑物和测量工具的理论定义，不受用户主观选择的影响，也不受可能受地缘政治和市场条件影响的经济因素的影响; B. 为优化商业/机构建筑物现有暖通空调系统的运行制定一个新的持续调试框架，重点是根据对能源相关数据的持续监测制定基准模型; C. 基于创新概念或新兴技术，开发具有多目标函数的大规模优化模型，以及新开发的能量和火用性能以及新综合设计方案的环境影响的数学模型。 本研究的预期意义概括如下：（1）新的建筑可持续性指数给出了建筑物可达到的理论性能上限。该指标有望成为衡量建筑可持续性的参考方案;（2）使用连续调试来优化现有系统将在建筑运营中产生新的范例，对技术和软件进步产生重大影响;（3） 新建筑设计的优化、新数学模型的开发将对低火用暖通空调系统的生命周期火用、能量和成本产生重大影响;（4）上述各项将有助于有效利用建筑中的自然资源，减少自然资源的消耗和建筑的环境负担。

The long-term objective of the applicant's research program is the design of energy-efficient buildings, with the following short-term objectives proposed for the next five years: a. Development of a thermodynamically-based definition of sustainable buildings and measuring instruments, which are independent of subjective selections made by the user, and of economics that can be influenced by geo-political and market conditions; b. Development of a new framework of the ongoing commissioning for the optimization of the operation of existing HVAC systems in commercial/institutional buildings, with emphasis on the development of benchmarking models from continuous monitoring of energy-related data; c. Development of a large scale optimization model with multi-objective functions, coupled with newly developed mathematical models of the energy and exergy performance and environmental impact of new integrated design alternatives, based on innovative concepts or emerging technologies. The anticipated significance of the work is summarized as follows: (1) The new thermodynamically-based index of building sustainability gives the upper limit of theoretical performance that a building can achieve. This index is expected to become the reference measuring scheme of the building sustainability; (2) The use of continuous commissioning for the optimization of existing systems will generate a new paradigm in building operation with a great impact on the technological and software advancement; (3) The optimization of new buildings design, and the development of new mathematical models will have great impact on the life cycle exergy, energy and cost of innovative low-exergy HVAC systems; and (4) The items above will contribute to the efficient use of natural resources in buildings, and the reduction of depletion of natural resources and environmental burden of building.