Estimating hourly solar near-infrared irradiance using meteorological data for sustainable building design and engineering

Qiuhua Duan, Yanxiao Feng, Julian Wang

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Abstract

Solar radiation is a key factor influencing sustainable building engineering, in terms of both optical and thermal properties of building envelopes. Solar irradiance data in a conventional weather data file are broadband, representing the total of ultraviolet (UV), visible light (VIS), and near-infrared radiation (NIR), three components of the solar spectrum; however, these three components play different roles in sustainable building design and engineering. For instance, solar VIS always provides benefits to indoor building energy savings (e.g., electrical lighting), while solar NIR is beneficial to building energy savings in winter but undesirable in summer. As a consequence, there is a need for reliable separate analyses focusing on individual solar radiation components. In this work, we explore and test classification-based modeling methods for decomposing hourly broadband global horizontal solar irradiance data in conventional weather files into hourly global horizontal solar NIR component. This model can then be conveniently implemented for sustainable building design and engineering purposes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAmerican Solar Energy Society National Solar Conference 2020 Proceedings
EditorsPaulette Middleton, Elaine Hebert, Dara Bortman, Robert Foster, Carly Cipolla, Carly Rixham
PublisherInternational Solar Energy Society
Pages80-85
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9783982040844
StatePublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
EventAmerican Solar Energy Society National Solar Conference 2020, SOLAR 2020 - Virtual, Online
Duration: Jun 24 2020Jun 25 2020

Publication series

NameAmerican Solar Energy Society National Solar Conference 2020 Proceedings

Conference

ConferenceAmerican Solar Energy Society National Solar Conference 2020, SOLAR 2020
CityVirtual, Online
Period6/24/206/25/20

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Keywords

  • Building Energy
  • Classification Trees
  • Prediction Model
  • Solar Building
  • Solar Energy
  • Solar Radiation

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