It is important to deal with energy saving in buildings of one city level, and plan the energy system from one building to one city level. We strongly suggest conducting urban building energy planning (UBEP) in the urban planning field in China. There are two main characteristics of an urban building energy system. First, the terminal building energy demand is dynamically timely. Second, the energy demand, energy sources supply, energy equipments, and networks of heating, cooling, gas, and electricity, are distributed in an urban space. It is meaningful to conduct an innovative urban energy planning with space distribution and time dynamic simulation. Therefore, an UBEP simulation tool, developed by our research group, is introduced. Finally, a case of energy planning in Beijing City in 2010 for heating and air conditioning system is dynamically simulated and analyzed. To meet the same building energy demand in Beijing, such as heating, air conditioning, gas, and electricity, different energy equipments, such as boiler, combined heating and power, combined cooling, heating, and power system, and heat pump based on different energy sources, such as coal, gas, and electricity, should be planned alternatively. Also, an optimum urban energy system with high energy efficiency and low environmental emission can be achieved. This simulation tool contains most models of heating and cooling energy systems in China. We can validate the models with statistical data from previous or present simulation, and the simulation results in future planning can serve as guidance for the construction of municipal energy infrastructure. We can conclude that simulation in time dimension shows the characteristics of dynamic load in each nodes of the energy flow. The objective is to present the comparison of different scenarios and optimize the planning schemes.
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Urban Building Energy Planning With Space Distribution and Time Dynamic Simulation
Lin Fu,
Lin Fu
Department of Building Science, School of Architecture,
Tsinghua University
, Beijing 100084, PR China
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Zhonghai Zheng,
Zhonghai Zheng
Department of Building Science, School of Architecture,
Tsinghua University
, Beijing 100084, PR China
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Hongfa Di,
Hongfa Di
Department of Building Science, School of Architecture,
Tsinghua University
, Beijing 100084, PR China
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Yi Jiang
Yi Jiang
Department of Building Science, School of Architecture,
Tsinghua University
, Beijing 100084, PR China
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Lin Fu
Department of Building Science, School of Architecture,
Tsinghua University
, Beijing 100084, PR China
Zhonghai Zheng
Department of Building Science, School of Architecture,
Tsinghua University
, Beijing 100084, PR China
Hongfa Di
Department of Building Science, School of Architecture,
Tsinghua University
, Beijing 100084, PR China
Yi Jiang
Department of Building Science, School of Architecture,
Tsinghua University
, Beijing 100084, PR ChinaJ. Sol. Energy Eng. Aug 2009, 131(3): 031014 (6 pages)
Published Online: July 14, 2009
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August 28, 2008
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November 8, 2008
Published:
July 14, 2009
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Fu, L., Zheng, Z., Di, H., and Jiang, Y. (July 14, 2009). "Urban Building Energy Planning With Space Distribution and Time Dynamic Simulation." ASME. J. Sol. Energy Eng. August 2009; 131(3): 031014. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3142725
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