- Author
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Peavy, B. A.
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Burch, D. M.
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Powell, F. J.
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Hunt, C. M.
- Title
- Comparison of Measured and Computer-Predicted Thermal Performance of a Four Bedroom Wood-Frame Townhouse. Final Report FY 74-75.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C.
- Report
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NBS BSS 057,
April 1975,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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residential buildings; heat transfer; thermal environments; environmental tests; environmental chambers; simulation; computer technology; mathematical prediction; wooden structures; seasonal variation; comparison; experimental data; leakage; measurement; heating; cooling
- Identifiers
- four bedroom townhouses; nbsld computer program
- Abstract
- Measurements of the dynamic heat transfer in a four bedroom townhouse were made under controlled conditions in a large environmental chamber to explore the validity of a computer program developed at NBS, labelled NBSLD, for predicting heating and cooling loads and inside air temperatures. This study is a part of a broader cooperative research program to improve performance test procedures and criteria for housing. The test house was a factory-produced four bedroom townhouse of modular design and of lightweight (wood) construction. Tests were performed with simulated outside summer, winter and fall diurnal temperature cycles. The inside temperature was maintained at about 75F., and the activities of a six-member family were simulated.