TY - BOOK AU - Pathella, Sanchi (PT500917) AU - Vaidya, Prasad (Guide) TI - Comparative testing of BQEET (Building Energy Estimation Tool) that quantifies the reduction in cooling energy due to passive strategies for 59 Indian cities (Softcopy is also available) U1 - MBEP TH-0024 PY - 2019/// N1 - Table of Content Introduction 1 Literature Review 4 Scope of testing 5 Cases for testing 5 Metrics for testing 6 Location for testing 6 Research Methodology 10 Comparison of results of L100ALWitte and L100ALPathella 11 Simplifying inputs for L100ALPathella 11 Modifications to L100ALPathella Simplified 12 Developing Indianised version of L100ALPathella Modified - I100A 12 Review of building physics in EnergyPlus 13 Review of building physics in the TM41 CIBSE method based on cooling degree days 13 Implementation of TM41 CIBSE method in BQEET 13 Modification needed in BQEET 13 Comfort Cooling 13 Night Cooling 13 Evaporative Cooling 14 Comparison of BQEET and EnergyPlus results for I100A with passive strategies 14 Results and Analysis 15 Comparison of results of L100ALWitte and L100ALPathella 15 Simplifying inputs for L100ALPathella 15 Modifications to L100ALPathella Simplified 16 Developing the Indianised base case - I100A 16 Review of building physics in EnergyPlus 19 Fabric gain due to conduction through the wall, window and roof 21 Solar gain due to radiation through the window 22 Casual gain due to occupancy 22 Latent gain due to infiltration and occupancy 22 Fan gain 23 Mitigation of gains due to night time cooling of the fabric 24 Comfort Cooling 27 Night Cooling 28 Evaporative Cooling 29 Conclusions 30 References i ER -