TY - JOUR
T1 - Two software tools for facilitating the choice of ground source heat pumps by stakeholders and designers
AU - De Carli, Michele
AU - Aguirre, Amaia Castelruiz
AU - Zarrella, Angelo
AU - Cardoso, Lucia
AU - Noyé, Sarah
AU - Gast, Robert
AU - Graci, Samantha
AU - Emmi, Giuseppe
AU - Bertermann, David
AU - Müller, Johannes
AU - Galgaro, Antonio
AU - Santa, Giorgia Dalla
AU - Poletto, Fabio
AU - Mezzasalma, Giulia
AU - Contini, Silvia
AU - Urchueguía, Javier
AU - Belliardi, Marco
AU - Pasquali, Riccardo
AU - Bernardi, Adriana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0
PY - 2019/8/13
Y1 - 2019/8/13
N2 - For promoting the diffusion of GSHP and making the technology more accessible to the general public, in the H2020 research project “CHeap and Efficient APplication of reliable Ground Source Heat exchangers and PumpS” (acronym Cheap-GSHPs) a tool for sizing these systems has been developed, as well as a Decision Support System (DSS) able to assist the user in the preliminary design of the most suitable configuration. For all these tools a common platform has been carried out considering climatic conditions, energy demand of buildings, ground thermal properties, heat pump solutions repository, as well as renewable energy database to use in synergy with the GSHPs. Since the aims of the tools are different, there are different approaches. The design tool is mainly addressed to designers. The calculation may be done in two ways: with a simplified method based on the ASHRAE approach and with a detailed calculation based on the numerical tool CaRM (Capacity-Resistance method). The DSS final aim is to support decision-making, by providing the stakeholders at all the level with a series of scenario. The Cheap-GSHPs project has developed a DSS tool aimed at accelerating the decision-making process of designers and building owners as well as increasing market share of the Cheap-GSHPs technologies. Hence the DSS generates different possible solutions based on a defined general problem, identifying the optimal solution. Both tools are presented in the paper, showing the potentialities provided by both software.
AB - For promoting the diffusion of GSHP and making the technology more accessible to the general public, in the H2020 research project “CHeap and Efficient APplication of reliable Ground Source Heat exchangers and PumpS” (acronym Cheap-GSHPs) a tool for sizing these systems has been developed, as well as a Decision Support System (DSS) able to assist the user in the preliminary design of the most suitable configuration. For all these tools a common platform has been carried out considering climatic conditions, energy demand of buildings, ground thermal properties, heat pump solutions repository, as well as renewable energy database to use in synergy with the GSHPs. Since the aims of the tools are different, there are different approaches. The design tool is mainly addressed to designers. The calculation may be done in two ways: with a simplified method based on the ASHRAE approach and with a detailed calculation based on the numerical tool CaRM (Capacity-Resistance method). The DSS final aim is to support decision-making, by providing the stakeholders at all the level with a series of scenario. The Cheap-GSHPs project has developed a DSS tool aimed at accelerating the decision-making process of designers and building owners as well as increasing market share of the Cheap-GSHPs technologies. Hence the DSS generates different possible solutions based on a defined general problem, identifying the optimal solution. Both tools are presented in the paper, showing the potentialities provided by both software.
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U2 - 10.1051/e3sconf/201911106023
DO - 10.1051/e3sconf/201911106023
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85071573204
SN - 2555-0403
VL - 111
JO - E3S Web of Conferences
JF - E3S Web of Conferences
M1 - 06023
T2 - 13th REHVA World Congress, CLIMA 2019
Y2 - 26 May 2019 through 29 May 2019
ER -
