- Author
- Burch, D. M. | Peavy, B. A. | Powell, F. J.
- Title
- Comparison Between Measured Computer-Predicted Hourly Heating and Cooling Energy Requirements for an Instrumented Wood Framed Townhouse Subjected to Laboratory Tests.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
- Journal
- ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 81, No. 2, 70-88, 1975
- Report
- No. 2363
- Keywords
- space heating; air conditioning; residential buildings; houses; heat transfer; heating load; cooling load; thermal efficiency; thermal analysis; computerized simulation; comparison | thermal analysis
- Identifiers
- town houses; nbsld computer program
- Abstract
- A sophisticated computer program called NBSLD was validated for predicting the hourly heating and cooling loads of a residence. An instrumented four-bedroom townhouse was exposed to simulated winter and summer conditions inside a large environmental laboratory. During the tests, the activities of a six member family were simulated, and the inside temperature of the test house was maintained at approximately 75F (23.9C). Hourly heating and cooling input energy was measured and compared with corresponding computer-predicted values.