Developing an Integrated Simulation Model to Design a 100% Renewable Building Energy System

Abstract

Oil and coal is a finite, non-renewable resource, and an oil peak is inevitable. A 100% renewable energy system (RES) requires dramatic progress in the areas of demand reduction, efficient renewable energy harvesting and integrated storage. Currently, building sector is the largest consumer in UK. It is followed by transportation sector, which has significant links with the building energy systems. Contributions of building integrated/attached RES applications are explored in this research. A computer simulation model has been developed to facilitate energy system planning in creating a 100% building RES. Conceptual structure of the model and initial simulation results are presented in this paper.