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Authors: Raj K. Senthilkumar, Shivaram Malakala, and Joe Haver School: Texas A&M
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| Abstract: The National
Wildflower Research Center was designed as an environmentally sensitive building.
Extensive planting of native species, the rooftop water harvesting system, passive solar
heating, breezeways, and use of recycled materials help to protect the hill country
ecosystem, and contribute significant savings to the center. The study done on the
building took into consideration the building materials, various strategies for energy
conservation, and also the impact of the rain water harvesting system. Based on the collected data, energy simulations were run using ENER-WIN - a software package to analyze total building energy performance developed in the Dept. of Architecture at Texas A&M University. The overall energy performance of the building simulated by this software was calibrated to the actual building energy use based on utility bills for one year. The components of the energy usage were broken down and compared to see the percent contribution to the HVAC load of the various design features such as, glass area, use of daylight etc. |
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