How to apply building energy perfomance simulation at the various design stages: A recipes approach

Designing high-performing buildings has led the design process towards a multidisciplinary and integrated design approach, with energy design emerging as new expertise. Energy design is usually assisted by building simulation, which does not represent an absorbed knowledge. To this regard, this study aims to provide guidelines for the use of building simulation at the various stages of design process, by means of a recipes approach. Different steps for each design stages were defined. A case study modeled in EnergyPlus is also depicted as practical experience to extrapolate this approach. A building simulation recipe was created for each main stage of the design process