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Omer T. Karaguzel
Oct 13, 20217 min read
AIR INFILTRATION: ADVANCED
According to ASHRAE 90.1 (2016/2019) energy standard, the envelope air infiltration characteristics in energy models should account for...
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Omer T. Karaguzel
May 12, 20212 min read
The "E" Words of Building Energy Modeling
“ENERGY” Energy is the ability/capacity to do work. It is the quantitative property that must be transferred to an object or system in...
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Omer T. Karaguzel
Apr 28, 20216 min read
BEM ROBUSTNESS
Computational Robustness of Building Energy Models (Case: EnergyPlus) Building energy models developed with EnergyPlus are abstracted,...
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Omer T. Karaguzel
Apr 21, 20215 min read
C-FACTOR MODELING
C-Factor of Thermal Conductance C-factor is one of the overall thermo-physical performance metrics for opaque construction assemblies of...
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Omer T. Karaguzel
Mar 29, 20213 min read
SIMULATION-BASED TOTAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Simulation-based support to the design of high-performance buildings offers a very rich set of modeling and simulation techniques and...
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Omer T. Karaguzel
Mar 18, 20215 min read
Rooms-Spaces-Zones of Building Energy Models
The fundamental concepts of (architectural) rooms, (BEM) spaces, and (HVAC) zones form the basis of geometric and non-geometric modeling...
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Omer T. Karaguzel
Mar 17, 20212 min read
CREATING A CUSTOM THERMAL INSULATION MATERIAL
Toolset: IESVE 2021 (Apache Sim module) Creating a Custom Thermal Insulation Material In this Youtube tutorial, I explained a IESVE-based...
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Omer T. Karaguzel
Mar 15, 20213 min read
SIMULATION RESULT PRESETS FOR QUICK ENERGY ANALYSIS
Toolset: IESVE 2021 (Vista Pro module) It is so common to be overwhelmed with lots and lots of simulation result variables that are...
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Omer T. Karaguzel
Mar 6, 20215 min read
AIR INFILTRATION: BASICS
Air-Change-Per-Hour to Maximum Air Flow Rate Equation (Air) infiltration in buildings is commonly used to denote the thermal interaction...
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Omer T. Karaguzel
Feb 24, 20212 min read
SOME BIG NUMBERS AND ENERGY TERMS
Here is a line up of some big numbers, their power terms and the prefixes. These are also applicable to the building energy consumption...
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Omer T. Karaguzel
Feb 22, 20215 min read
THE BENEFITS OF REDUCING THE ELECTRIC LIGHTING ENERGY
Let's think about what can happen when one of your high-performance design alternatives reveals a noticeable reduction in the electric...
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Omer T. Karaguzel
Feb 19, 20215 min read
THERMAL ZONES OF BUILDING ENERGY MODELS
A “thermal zone” is the unit element or the building block of a building energy model. A “thermal zone” represents a fully enclosed...
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Omer T. Karaguzel
Feb 12, 20214 min read
THE QUINTESSENTIAL FEATURES AND APPROACHES OF BUILDING PERFORMANCE MODELING
Building energy models are physics-based mathematical representations of the interactions of (mass and energy fluxes) of the building...
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