
Then this calibrated model was used to simulate the energy consumption of a building using a conventional all-air system to determine the proportional energy savings. The building model was calibrated using the measured data for the installed radiant system. To evaluate thermal performance and energy consumption, simulations were carried out using the ANSYS FLUENT and EnergyPlus softwares, respectively. The study is based on numerical modeling of a radiant cooling system installed in an Information Technology (IT) office building sited in the composite climate of Hyderabad. The paper describes a parametric study developed to estimate the energy savings potential of a radiant cooling system installed in a commercial building in India.
