Retrofit Existing

Buildings

New Builds - Building

Regulations

European Union Energy

Efficiency Directive

Irish Perspective

PhD Research

IERG

Energy Consultant

Works in Company < 20 Employees

Heavily Involved in Building Retrofits

• Domain Expertise Required

• One Solution Fits All

• No Method of Verifying Results

• Use Dynamic Simulation Software

• Only 1 licence in the office

• Not fully trained in the software

• Considering discontinuing current software licences

• Expense

• Time Required to Build Model & Obtain Results

• Computationally Expensive

Option 1 Option 2

Dynamic Simulation Techniques

Expensive to Purchase

Time Consuming to Run

Computationally Expensive

Experienced Based Solutions

Experience Based Solutions

One Solution Fits All Mentality

No Method of Verifying Results

The Solution

Dynamic Simulation Techniques

Expensive to Purchase

Time Consuming to Run

Computationally Expensive

Experienced Based Solutions

Experience Based Solutions

One Solution Fits All Mentality

No Method of Verifying Results

The Solution

Simplified Energy Modelling Technique

Evolutionary Algorithms

Optimal Retrofit Solutions

Dynamic Simulation Techniques

Experienced Based Solutions

Building Survey

Decision Maker

Calculation Preferences

• Select Objective of Retrofit

• Input Capital Investment Constraint

• Replacement Rate 1% - 1.7%

• Building Owners/Managers

• Retrofitting Ongoing

• 75% Consulting Engineering Firms

Customer Issues

• Too Steep a Learning Curve

• Too Time Consuming

• Doesn’t not add value to projects

• Purchasing programs too expensive

Commercial Buildings

• 2011 - Global Retrofit Market worth $80.3bn

• 2020 – Global Retrofit Market worth $151.8bn

• Largest Market will remain Western Europe (37%)

Domestic Buildings

• 2020 – Global Retrofit Market worth $84bn

• Forecast – 118.6bn square feet of energy efficient residential space by 2020

• Engineering Consultancy Firms

• Architecture Firms

• Retrofit Contractors

• 92% Engineering Firms

• 42% Architects Firm

• Online

• Software Licencing

Availability

• Online - €/square meter

• Starting at €0.30/m2 up to 500m2 Building

• Licence

• €2,250 / Licence (€400 per additional Seat)

Pricing

• Commercialisation Funding €100,000

• Projected Costs (Year 1) €68,800

• Year 1 – Online Sales

• Year 2 – Online Sales & Licence Sales

• Year 3 – Expand to Other Countries

Dynamic Simulation Techniques

Expensive to Purchase

Time Consuming to Run

Computationally Expensive

Experienced Based Solutions

Experience Based Solutions

One Solution Fits All Mentality

No Method of Verifying Results

The Solution

Removing Barriers