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Post Occupancy energy evaluation of Ronald Tutor Hall using eQUEST;
Computer based simulation of existing building and comparison of data
by
Duyum Dulom
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE
May 2013
Copyright 2013 Duyum Dulom
Object Description
| Title | Post occupancy energy evaluation of Ronald Tutor Hall using eQUEST; computer based simulation of existing building and comparison of data |
| Author | Dulom, Duyum |
| Author email | dulom@usc.edu;duyum7@yahoo.co.in |
| Degree | Master of Building Science |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Building Science |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2013-01-21 |
| Date submitted | 2013-01-30 |
| Date approved | 2013-01-30 |
| Restricted until | 2013-01-30 |
| Date published | 2013-01-30 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Schiler, Marc |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Mozes Karen Noble, Doug |
| Abstract | Buildings account for about 40 percent of total U.S. energy consumption. It is therefore important to shift our focus on important measures that can be taken to make buildings more energy efficient. With the rise in number of buildings day by day and the dwindling resources, retrofitting buildings is the key to an energy efficiency future. Post occupancy evaluation (POE) is an important tool and is ideal for the retrofitting process. POE would help to identify the problem areas in the building and enable researchers and designers to come up with solutions addressing the inefficient energy usage as well as the overall wellbeing of the users of the building. The post occupancy energy evaluation of Ronald Tutor Hall (RTH) located at the University of Southern California is one small step in that direction. RTH was chosen to study because; (a) relatively easy access to the building data (b) it was built in compliance with Title 24 2001 and (c) it was old enough to have post occupancy data. The energy modeling tool eQuest was used to simulate the RTH building using the background information of the building such as internal thermal comfort profile, occupancy profile, building envelope profile, internal heat gain profile, etc. The simulation results from eQuest were then compared with the actual building recorded data to verify that our simulated model was behaving similar to the actual building. Once we were able to make the simulated model behave like the actual building, changes were made to the model such as installation of occupancy sensor in the classroom & laboratories, changing the thermostat set points and introducing solar shade on northwest and southwest façade. The combined savings of the proposed interventions resulted in a 6% savings in the overall usage of energy. |
| Keyword | post occupancy evaluation; thermal comfort; calibration; Ronald Tutor Hall; energy simulation |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Dulom, Duyum |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume6/etd-DulomDuyum-1418.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | Post Occupancy energy evaluation of Ronald Tutor Hall using eQUEST; Computer based simulation of existing building and comparison of data by Duyum Dulom A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE May 2013 Copyright 2013 Duyum Dulom |
