Study on Solar Radiation Models in South Korea for Improving Office Building Energy Performance Analysis

Kee Han Kim, John Kie-Whan Oh and WoonSeong Jeong
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Kee Han Kim: Building and Urban Research Institute, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, 283 Goyangdae-Ro, Ilsanseo-Gu, Goyang-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 10223, Korea
John Kie-Whan Oh: Department of Architectural Design, Dongseo University, 47 Jurye-Ro, Sasang-Gu, Busan 47011, Korea
WoonSeong Jeong: Department of Architectural Engineering, Ewha Womans University, 52, Ewhayeodae-Gil, Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul 03760, Korea

Sustainability, 2016, vol. 8, issue 6, 1-14

Abstract: Hourly global solar radiation in a weather file is one of the significant parameters for improving building energy performance analyses using simulation programs. However, most weather stations worldwide are not equipped with solar radiation sensors because they tend to be difficult to manage. In South Korea, only twenty-two out of ninety-two weather stations are equipped with sensors, and there are large areas not equipped with any sensors. Thus, solar radiation must often be calculated by reliable solar models. Hence, it is important to find a reliable model that can be applied in the wide variety of weather conditions seen in South Korea. In this study, solar radiation in the southeastern part of South Korea was calculated using three solar models: cloud-cover radiation model (CRM), Zhang and Huang model (ZHM), and meteorological radiation model (MRM). These values were then compared to measured solar radiation data. After that, the calculated solar radiation data from the three solar models were used in a building energy simulation for an office building with various window characteristics conditions, in order to identify how solar radiation differences affect building energy performance. It was found that a seasonal solar model for the area should be developed to improve building energy performance analysis.

Keywords: global horizontal solar radiation; cloud-cover radiation model; meteorological radiation model; Zhang and Huang model; eQUEST simulation; weather file; energy consumption; office building (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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