[Bldg-sim] Residential loads

You may find HERS BESTEST (maintained by the U.S. Dept. of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory) useful to answer your question. BESTEST is a tool for testing (and diagnosing problems with) building energy simulation software by comparing results of software to each other. HERS BESTEST is the residential version: Volume 1 is a highly detailed test specification, and Volume 2 gives a comparison of results from 3 different whole-building simulation programs that were run through the test specification. The primary difference between the Florida and "original" versions are climate (weather data sets) used for the test cases. These can be downloaded at:

Home Energy Rating System Building Energy Simulation Test (HERS BESTEST)
Volume 1: Tier 1 and Tier 2 Tests User's Manual
NREL/TP-472-7332a
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/legosti/fy96/7332a.pdf (PDF 5.6 MB)

Home Energy Rating System Building Energy Simulation Test (HERS BESTEST)
Volume 2: Tier 1 and Tier 2 Tests Reference Results
NREL/TP-472-7332b
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/legosti/fy96/7332b.pdf (PDF 1.9 MB)

Home Energy Rating System Building Energy Simulation Test for Florida
(Florida-HERS BESTEST) Volume 1: Tier 1 and Tier 2 Tests; User's Manual
NREL/TP-550-23124a
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/legosti/fy97/23124a.pdf (PDF 5.5 MB)

Home Energy Rating System Building Energy Simulation Test for Florida
(Florida-HERS BESTEST) Volume 2: Tier 1 and Tier 2 Tests; Reference Results
NREL/TP-550-23124b
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/legosti/fy97/23124b.pdf (PDF 1.2 MB)

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From: Familia Ordenes

To: Bldg-sim@xxxxxxxx

Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 8:17 AM

Subject: [Bldg-sim] Residential loads

Hi,
I am studying the energy performance for residential projects in order to modify the present laws that rule in my country. To do my research, I am using PowerDOE as a energy simulation tool, but unfortunately I don't have any information to compare my results with.

I would like to know if you have an estimation for the heating and cooling space loads for residential projects (hopefully in kWh /m2) and the impact of using a thermal insulation (5 cm => R value=1,25 m2 K/W).

The main characteristics of the houses are:

Locations: Santiago (33 ° lat and 800 degree days), Concepción (36 ° lat and 1100 degree days) and Punta Arenas (56 ° lat and 2000 degree days)

Area: 32 m2

Wall construction: clay brick and timber frame

Air exchange rate: 2 air change per hour

Any observations would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Martín Ordenes M.
Departamento de Ingeniería y Gestión de la Construcción.

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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