Modern Analysis

Modern analysis and evaluation of building energy §conservation options in Las Vegas residential §buildings merit attention of architects and §engineers due to the extremely large amount of home §construction taking place around the valley and the §anticipated continuation of this activity. With §this in mind, the purpose of this work is to §determine the possible optimum cost effectiveness of §various energy conservation options for new §buildings in the local climate areas using Energy-§10, a state-of-the-art energy simulation software. §Three types of savings have been evaluated: energy §savings, operating cost savings, and LCC savings. §To curry out this study, a parametric analysis of §LCC savings has been evaluated relative to §individual components (including window §characteristics, wall, floor, and roof §constructions) and the whole-composite buildings. §Two options for the whole-composite buildings (Low-§Energy Options I and II) have been evaluated to §assist in analyzing the potential cost-effectiveness §and benefits of buildings energy conservation §options.