01770nas a2200181   4500008004100000245010100041210006900142260003900211520111000250100001801360700002601378700002701404700001801431700002401449700002401473700002701497856006401524       2006                        eng d00aDevelopment of a Model Specification for Performance Monitoring Systems for Commercial Buildings0 aDevelopment of a Model Specification for Performance Monitoring   aAsilomar, California, USAc08/20063 a<p>The paper describes the development of a model specification for performance monitoring systems for commercial buildings. The specification focuses on four key aspects of performance monitoring:  performance metrics  measurement system requirements  data acquisition and archiving  data visualization and reporting   The aim is to assist building owners in specifying the extensions to their control systems that are required to provide building operators with the information needed to operate their buildings more efficiently and to provide automated diagnostic tools with the information required to detect and diagnose faults and problems that degrade energy performance.  The paper reviews the potential benefits of performance monitoring, describes the specification guide and discusses briefly the ways in which it could be implemented. A prototype advanced visualization tool is also described, along with its application to performance monitoring. The paper concludes with a description of the ways in which the specification and the visualization tool are being disseminated and deployed.</p>1 aHaves, Philip1 aHitchcock, Robert, J.1 aGillespie, Kenneth, L.1 aBrook, Martha1 aShockman, Christine1 aDeringer, Joseph, J1 aKinney, Kristopher, L.  uhttp://www.aceee.org/proceedings-paper/ss06/panel03/paper1000665nas a2200169   4500008004100000245010100041210006900142260003600211100001800247700002600265700002700291700001800318700002400336700002400360700002700384856008400411       2006                        eng d00aDevelopment of a Model Specification for Performance Monitoring Systems for Commercial Buildings0 aDevelopment of a Model Specification for Performance Monitoring   aPacific Grove, CA, USAc08/20061 aHaves, Philip1 aHitchcock, Robert, J.1 aGillespie, Kenneth, L.1 aBrook, Martha1 aShockman, Christine1 aDeringer, Joseph, J1 aKinney, Kristopher, L.  uhttps://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/publications/development-model-specification01826nas a2200157   4500008004100000245010000041210006900141260002800210520122700238100002701465700001801492700002601510700002401536700002701560856008101587       2006                        eng d00aA Guide for Specifying Performance Monitoring Systems in Commercial and Institutional Buildings0 aGuide for Specifying Performance Monitoring Systems in Commercia  aSan Francisco, CAc20063 a<p>This paper describes a guide for specifying performance monitoring systems that was developed as part of jointly funded CEC PIER-DOE project intended to assist commercial and institutional building owners in specifying what is required to obtain the information necessary to initiate and sustain an ongoing commissioning activity. The project's goal was to facilitate the delivery of specific performance related information to the benefit of both commissioning providers and building operators. A number of large-building owners were engaged in order to help create 'market pull' for performance monitoring while producing a specification that met their needs. The specification guide and example specification language addresses four key aspects of performance monitoring:</p> <ul> <li>performance metrics</li> <li>measurement system requirements</li> <li>data acquisition and archiving</li> <li>data visualization and reporting</li> </ul> <p>The paper describes key aspects of the guide including how measurement accuracy requirements relate to the performance metrics that are used in both troubleshooting and routine reporting. Guide development activities and related tech-transfer efforts are also presented.</p>1 aGillespie, Kenneth, L.1 aHaves, Philip1 aHitchcock, Robert, J.1 aDeringer, Joseph, J1 aKinney, Kristopher, L.  uhttps://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/publications/guide-specifying-performance00549nas a2200145   4500008004100000245006900041210006800110260003200178100001900210700002100229700002100250700001700271700002600288856008900314       2006                        eng d00aUsing EnergyPlus for California Title-24 Compliance Calculations0 aUsing EnergyPlus for California Title24 Compliance Calculations  aCambridge, MA, USAc08/20061 aHuang, Yu, Joe1 aBourassa, Norman1 aBuhl, Walter, F.1 aErdem, Ender1 aHitchcock, Robert, J.  uhttps://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/publications/using-energyplus-california-title-2401595nas a2200169   4500008004100000050001500041245006900056210006800125260002700193520101300220100001901233700002101252700002101273700001701294700002601311856008801337       2006                        eng d  aLBNL-6152700aUsing EnergyPlus for California Title-24 compliance calculations0 aUsing EnergyPlus for California Title24 compliance calculations  aCambridge, MAc08/20063 a<p>For the past decade, the non-residential portion of California's Title-24 building energy standard has relied on <em>DOE-2.1E</em> as the reference computer simulation program for development as well as compliance. However, starting in 2004, the California Energy Commission has been evaluating the possible use of EnergyPlus as the reference program in future revisions of Title-24. As part of this evaluation, the authors converted the Alternate Compliance Method (ACM) certification test suite of 150 <em>DOE-2</em> files to <em>EnergyPlus</em>, and made parallel <em>DOE-2</em> and <em>EnergyPlus</em> runs for this extensive set of test cases. A customized version of <em>DOE-2.1E</em> named doe2ep was developed to automate the conversion process. This paper describes this conversion process, including the difficulties in establishing an apples-to-apples comparison between the two programs, and summarizes how the <em>DOE-2</em> and <em>EnergyPlus</em> results compare for the ACM test cases.</p>1 aHuang, Yu, Joe1 aBourassa, Norman1 aBuhl, Walter, F.1 aErdem, Ender1 aHitchcock, Robert, J.  uhttps://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/publications/using-energyplus-california-title-0