Combined Energy Simulation and Retrofitting written in Python (CESAR-P)
CESAR-P (Combined Energy Simulation And Retrofitting - Python) is a bottom-up, urban scale building energy modelling (UBEM) package used to simulate the energy demand for a district or region. CESAR-P enriches a set of core inputs (building geometry, type, age, energy system) with typical construction and operation parameters based on values published in the SIA2024 standard (operational) and building statistics (construction materials). An individual simulation model (.idf) is created for each building and simulated in EnergyPlus. Shading from the surrounding buildings is taken into account by including all buildings within a radius specified by the user. CESAR-P also includes a retrofitting module to investigate the impact of retrofitting strategies based on the target and minimum specifications of the SIA380. CESAR-P performs post-processing of the simulation results to calculate the embodied emissions and investment costs of different retrofitting strategies.
Features
- Urban scale Building Energy Modelling Platform
- Energy simulation of individual buildings at hourly resolution
- Investigation of retrofitting strategies
- Creation of simulation models based on standards and statistics specific to Switzerland
- Calculation of incident solar radiation on building surfaces
- Connection to graph database to store assumptions with the archetypal approach
- Passive and active retrofit scenario assessment
- Indoor temperature assessment
- Heating and cooling load assessment
- Domestic hot water consumption assessment
- Electricity consumption assessment
- Comfort assessment
- Operational energy demand assessment
- Emissions (including embodied emissions) estimation
Facts
Class | Urban scale building energy modelling (UBEM) |
Type | The simulation is deterministic but some of the schedules are subject to stochastic and probabilistic modelling |
Spatial regions | Switzerland |
Spatial resolution | Building level is the highest resolution |
Time coverage | Single year (for multiple years possible) |
Time resolution | Hourly |
Sectors | Residential, Commercial and Industrial. |
Category | Inputs | Outputs |
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Socioeconomy | ||
Infrastructure | ||
Environment | ||
Energy demand | Space heating Space Cooling Hot water Total electricity | |
Energy supply/production | Space heating Space cooling Hot water | |
Resource potential | ||
Direct demand of resources | ||
Trade | ||
Technologies Inv: Investment costs Eff: Efficiency OM: Operation and Maintenance costs LCA: Life cycle assessment indicators | ||
Prices | ||
Others |
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