Efficient Simulation of Building Energy Systems Using Personal Computers

Building Energy Simulation and Optimization (BESO). Dynamic simulation of energy in buildings considering major energy components for economic optimization of energy conservation measures for climate comfort, and saving of space heating and air conditioning cost. A computer program was developed to simulate energy transfer and utilization in residences in order to optimize energy conservation. This program simulates dynamically the hour-by-hour temperature changes in apartment rooms as determined by climatic conditions, occupants behavior, building parameters and adjacent apartments, government policy and other factors.The program optimizes energy conservation measures for climate comfort, and saving of space heating and air conditioning cost. In the simulation and optimization of building energy systems, particularly with personal computers, efficiency of data entry, computation, and report generation are of great importance.