The EnergyPlus is used for the analysis of energy demand at two rural house models. Photovoltaic (PV) system is installed to reduce the energy demand of annual building. The energy economic analysis is performed to provide quantitative data at choosing a suitable house model. Two types of PV system installations are considered as each building type. Among 4 different cases analyzed through this study, the best setup is provided for 12.3 years at recovering PV system installation cost.

To estimate the benefit of high-resolution meteorological data for building energy estimation, a building energy analysis has been conducted over Busan metropolitan areas. The heating and cooling load has been calculated at seven observational sites by using temperature, wind and relative humidity data provided by WRF model combined with the inner building data produced by American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). The building energy shows differences 2-3% in winter and 10-30% in summer depending on locations. This result implicates that high spatiotemporal resolution of meteorological model data is significantly important for building energy analysis.