Hybrid energy system calculation tool for early stage building retrofit planning

Abstract

A dynamic Python-based calculation tool has been developed in the HybE project to calculate the hourly and life cycle impact of building hybrid energy systems. The model is fed with hourly energy consumption data and hourly weather data to perform parametric analysis for the emission and cost impacts of various hybrid energy systems. The tool can be used in the project definition phase to examine the potential of hybrid energy systems before a more detailed full building energy modelling with commercial tools.