District Simulation
The BuildingSystems library supports detailed energy analyses of city districts. For this purpose, huge data sets of building parameters, which describe the geometries and the constructions of all the building of a district have to be gained. The use of the GIS systems QGIS in combination with the Open eQuarter plug-in can generate these parameter data sets as an input for a Modelica city district model (The used method is described in NytKreuKau2018).
Features
- Uses the Open eQuarter plug-in for QGis for the parameter analysis for large populations of buildings.
- Based on the gained building parameters the Modelica district model is automatically generated with the tool CoTeTo for template based code generation.
- The Modelica district model is able to calculate the dynamic heating and cooling demand of the entire district and for each individual building.
Analyzed city district
City district "Winsstrasse" in the city center of Berlin.
Parameter analysis with Open eQuarter (1)
Number of stories per building.
Parameter analysis with Open eQuarter (2)
U-values of the opaque facades, determined on the base of the building age.
District simulation with Modelica
Modelica district model with 455 thermal low-order building models.
