Testing and Validation of TEKNOsim: A Building Energy Simulation Program.

Saqib Javed, Roman Lechner, Jan Behrens

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Abstract

TEKNOsim is a well-established software tool for simulation of thermal indoor climate. It is used for modelling and simulation of thermal loads, indoor temperatures and thermal comfort. TEKNOsim 5, a new version of the simulation tool has been launched with several new features and enhanced functionalities. This paper presents results of testing and validation of TEKNOsim 5 against two state-of-the-art building energy simulation tools, IDA-ICE and DesignBuilder. Comparisons with the reference tools have been made for a number of test cases. Simulation results indicate that, for realistic scenarios, there exists a very close agreement between TEKNOsim and the reference tools. The largest discrepancies between the simulation tools are observed for unrealistic scenarios. Besides this, the observed trends in discrepancies between the tools also suggest that the algorithms used in TEKNOsim 5 are correct.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 12th REHVA World Congress (Clima 2016)
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event12th REHVA World Congress (Clima 2016) - Aalborg, Denmark
Duration: 2016 May 222016 May 25

Conference

Conference12th REHVA World Congress (Clima 2016)
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityAalborg
Period2016/05/222016/05/25

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Energy Systems
  • Building Technologies
  • Energy Engineering

Free keywords

  • Validation; TEKNOsim; DesignBuilder; IDA-ICE; Thermal powers

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