APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING ENERGY CONSUMPTION PERFORMANCE OF BUILDING

• US 20140107851A1
• Filed: 07/30/2013
• Published: 04/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: JEONG, Youn Kwae, LEE, Il Woo, YOON, Hyun Jin
• Application Number:
  US13/954,004
• Publication Number:
  US 20140107851A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/291
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/46 Improving electric energy efficiency or saving
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/52 Indication arrangements, e.g. displays
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/00 Control inputs relating to air properties
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2140/50 Load
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2140/60 Energy consumption
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply

Abstract

Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for evaluating energy consumption performance of a building according to an operation scheme of a existing building by predicting a reference energy consumption amount based on a building operation condition required for an operation process of the existing building and by comparing the predicted reference energy consumption amount with an actual energy consumption amount.

Claims

1. An apparatus for evaluating energy consumption performance of a building, the apparatus comprising:

a data input unit configured to receive building plan information, building operation information, and energy consumption information about at least one building;

an evaluation managing unit configured to generate a reference energy consumption amount prediction model regarding the building based on the building plan information, the building operation information, and the energy consumption information that are transferred from the data input unit;

an evaluation performing unit configured to determine energy consumption performance of a target building based on a comparison result with an actual energy consumption amount based on the reference energy consumption amount prediction model, using building plan information, building operation information, and energy consumption information about the target building of which energy consumption performance is to be evaluated;

a storage unit configured to store an evaluation result in which the building plan information, the building operation information, the energy consumption information, the reference energy consumption amount prediction model, and the energy consumption performance are determined; and

a display unit configured to provide the stored evaluation result to a user.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the evaluation managing unit selects the at least one building as a standard building and predicts an energy consumption amount from building plan information and building operation information of the standard building.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the evaluation managing unit further comprises:

a standard building managing unit configured to classify the at least one building based on a building use, and to generate and manage a standard building list for each building use by selecting the standard building from the classified buildings based on the building use.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the evaluation managing unit further comprises:

a reference energy consumption amount prediction model managing unit configured to generate and manage the reference energy consumption amount prediction model, and

the reference energy consumption amount prediction model is defined as an equation model of energy consumption amount prediction that includes, as an independent variable from building plan information and building operation information of a building belonging to the standard building list, a building operation condition having a high correlation with an actual energy consumption amount of a building in operation, and includes, as a dependent variable from energy consumption information of the building, a value obtained by calculating a first energy consumption amount per annual unit area.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the evaluation managing unit induces a coefficient of the reference energy consumption amount prediction model using building plan information, building operation information, and energy consumption information of the building belonging to the standard building list, and generates at least one reference energy consumption amount prediction model for each building use based on the building use.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the evaluation managing unit further comprises:

a building plan information managing unit configured to manage at least one of construction plan information, facility standard information, and facility control scheme information as the building plan information;

a building operation information managing unit configured to manage building operation information in which an operation characteristic of the building is reflected; and

an energy consumption information managing unit configured to manage energy consumption information that includes a monthly energy consumption amount based from at least previous one year.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the evaluation performing unit calculates a prediction value of a reference energy consumption amount using the reference energy consumption amount prediction model, based on a building operation condition of the target building of which energy consumption performance is to be evaluated, and evaluates the energy consumption performance through benchmarking with consumption performance of another building by comparing the prediction value with the actual energy consumption amount calculated from energy consumption amount information.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the evaluation performing unit further comprises:

a reference energy consumption amount predicting unit configured to predict a first energy consumption amount per annual unit area by calculating a building operation condition corresponding to an independent variable of the reference energy consumption amount prediction model from building plan information, building operation information, and energy consumption information of the target building, and by replacing the calculated building operation condition for the reference energy consumption amount prediction model regarding the building use of the target building.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the evaluation performing unit further comprises:

a current energy consumption amount calculating unit configured to calculate the first energy consumption amount per annual unit area from actual energy consumption information of the target building;

an energy consumption performance analyzing unit configured to compare a reference energy consumption amount predicted by the reference energy consumption amount predicting unit with an actual energy consumption amount calculated by the current energy consumption amount calculating unit, and to compare an energy consumption performance level of the target building with an energy consumption performance level of another building having a similar building use and operation condition and thereby evaluate the energy consumption performance of the target building; and

an evaluation performance result managing unit configured to manage the actual energy consumption amount, the reference energy consumption amount, and the comparison and evaluation.

10. A method of evaluating energy consumption performance of a building, the method comprising:

a data input operation of receiving building plan information, building operation information, and energy consumption information about at least one building;

an evaluation managing operation of generating a reference energy consumption amount prediction model regarding the building based on the building plan information, the building operation information, and the energy consumption information that are transferred in the data input operation;

an evaluation performing operation of determining energy consumption performance of a target building based on a comparison result with an actual energy consumption amount based on the reference energy consumption amount prediction model, using building plan information, building operation information, and energy consumption information about the target building of which energy consumption performance is to be evaluated;

a storage operation of storing an evaluation result in which the building plan information, the building operation information, the energy consumption information, the reference energy consumption amount prediction model, and the energy consumption performance are determined; and

a display operation of providing the stored evaluation result to a user.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the evaluation managing operation further comprises:

a classifying operation of classifying the at least one building based on a building use; and

a standard building managing operation of generating and managing a standard building list for each building use by selecting a standard building from the classified buildings based on the building use.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the evaluation managing operation further comprises:

a reference energy consumption amount prediction model managing operation of generating and managing the reference energy consumption amount prediction model, and

the reference energy consumption amount prediction model is defined as an equation model of energy consumption amount prediction that includes, as an independent variable from building plan information and building operation information of the building belonging to the standard building list, a building operation condition having a high correlation with an actual energy consumption amount of a building in operation, and includes, as a dependent variable from energy consumption information of the building, a value obtained by calculating a first energy consumption amount per annual unit area.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the evaluation performing operation further comprises:

a reference energy consumption amount predicting operation of calculating a prediction value of a reference energy consumption amount using the reference energy consumption amount prediction model based on a building operation condition of the target building of which energy consumption performance is to be evaluated; and

an energy consumption performance evaluating operation of evaluating the energy consumption performance through benchmarking with consumption performance of another building by comparing the prediction value with the actual energy consumption amount calculated from energy consumption amount information of the target building.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the reference energy consumption amount predicting operation predicts a first energy consumption amount per annual unit area by calculating a building operation condition corresponding to an independent variable of the reference energy consumption amount prediction model from building plan information, building operation information, and energy consumption information of the target building, and by replacing the calculated building operation condition for the reference energy consumption amount prediction model regarding the building use of the target building.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein

the energy consumption performance evaluating operation further comprises:

a current energy consumption amount calculating operation of calculating the first energy consumption amount per annual unit area from actual energy consumption information of the target building; and

an energy consumption performance analyzing operation of comparing a reference energy consumption amount predicted by the reference energy consumption amount predicting unit with an actual energy consumption amount calculated by the current energy consumption amount calculating unit, and comparing an energy consumption performance level of the target building with an energy consumption performance level of another building having a similar building use and operation condition and thereby evaluating the energy consumption performance of the target building, and

the evaluation performing operation further comprises;

an evaluation performance result managing operation of displaying and managing the actual energy consumption amount, the reference energy consumption amount, and the comparison and evaluation.