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Energy Performance of a Service Building: Comparison Between EnergyPlus and TRACE700

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The amount of energy consumed by a building can be estimated by performing dynamic simulations. In this study, two building simulation energy software, EnergyPlus, and TRACE700 were used to assess the energy performance of an existing service building. The building, placed in a specific zone of Portugal, has thirty people and a floor area of 2,000 m2. It consumes mainly electricity, natural gas, and solar energy. The dynamic simulation started with the weather file upload, and then the construction, illumination, interior equipment, and HVAC systems were defined. The results were compared with the actual energy consumption values, and the deviation was 2% in the case of EnergyPlus and 0.5% in the case of TRACE700.

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The authors would like to express their gratitude for the support given by FCT within the R&D Units Project Scope UIDB/00319/2020 (ALGORITMI) and R&D Units Project Scope UIDP/04077/2020 (MEtRICs).

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  1. Mechanical Engineering and Resource Sustainability Centre (MEtRICs), University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    José Brito, João Silva & José Teixeira

  2. ALGORITMI Centre, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    João Silva & Senhorinha Teixeira

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  3. Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria

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Brito, J., Silva, J., Teixeira, J., Teixeira, S. (2021). Energy Performance of a Service Building: Comparison Between EnergyPlus and TRACE700. In: Gervasi, O., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2021. ICCSA 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12949. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86653-2_27

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