- Author
- Hill, J. E. | Kusuda, T. | Liu, S. T. | Powell, F. J.
- Title
- Proposed Concept for Determining the Need for Air Conditioning for Buildings Based on Building Thermal Response and Human Comfort. Final Report. June 1971-December 1974.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBS BSS 071, August 1975,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- air conditioning; residential buildings; criteria; thermodynamic properties; feasibility; human factors engineering; comfort; habitability; computerized simulation; classifications; computation; recommendations; diurnal variations; temperature measurement
- Identifiers
- thermal response; geographic area
- Abstract
- Determining the need for air conditioning can be based on a wide variety of factors. To date, the only criteria that are available are those of several federal organizations and many are not really criteria, but guidelines to be used in the determination of fund allocation; in other words, provisions are made to air condition federal facilities in specific geographical locations if pertinent weather characteristics of that locality meet certain requirements. This paper presents the concept that a true criterion can be established based both on weather characteristics of the locality as well as characteristics of the building or structure under consideration. The paper gives the details of a study showing the feasibility of such a scheme, using a simulation of two proposed residences in several geographical localities.