Development of benchmark models for nearly zero energy schools in belgium

The aim of this study is to develop a representative simulation building energy data sets and a benchmark model for Belgian nearly zero energy schools (nZES) and Passive house (PH) schools It reports the results of a recent field survey conducted on nearly zero energy buildings that constructed after year 2008. A building performance simulation model is created to reflect the cost, average energy consumption, indoor overheating hours and concentration. The collected surveyed data used as an input for Energy-Plus simulation representative model of buildings. The verification of the simulated model is by comparing the characteristics found in the survey on existing buildings.