- Author
- Arens, E. A. | Nall, D. H.
- Title
- Climate Data Abbreviation for the Computerized Calculation of Heating and Cooling Requirements in Buildings.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBSIR 78-1525, December 1978,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- buildings; weather; heating load; cooling load; thermal efficiency; energy efficiency; climatic changes; climate; diurnal variations; graphs (charts); drawings; design; computer programs | thermal analysis
- Identifiers
- energy consumption; heat consumption
- Abstract
- This report documents the development of a climate data abbreviation technique for building thermal analysis. It discusses the characteristics of computerized building thermal simulations and the requirements for abbreviated data. The technique is then described together with the statistical analyses used to develop it. A series of tests of the representativeness of the abbreviated climate data are documented and the limitations and potentials of the abbreviation technique are discussed.