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Building Energy Simulation and the Design of Sustainable and Resilient Buildings

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Building energy simulation provides an effective means to evaluate the energy performance of buildings and facilitates decision-making processes by offering effective assessments of different design alternatives and strategies. An integrated design approach that considers both passive and active measures exploits the full energy savings potential of a building. This chapter reviews current practices in performing building energy simulation and exposes the potential performance-related risks as related to uncertainty in inputs. Risks can be assessed by considering the stochastic characteristics of real-case scenarios. An economics-based example and a weather-based example serve to demonstrate a performance-based design approach that supports ambitious design goals, such as net-zero energy building, and promotes resilient building designs that could maintain performance levels under the premise of climate change.

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  1. Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada

    Bruno Lee

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  1. David O’Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise, John Molson School of Business Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada

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  2. Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

    Cary Krosinsky

  3. Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

    Cary Krosinsky

  4. John Molson School of Business Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Stéfanie D. Kibsey

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Lee, B. (2019). Building Energy Simulation and the Design of Sustainable and Resilient Buildings. In: Walker, T., Krosinsky, C., Hasan, L.N., Kibsey, S.D. (eds) Sustainable Real Estate. Palgrave Studies in Sustainable Business In Association with Future Earth. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94565-1_10

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