Full Description

Energy requirements of HVAC systems directly affect a building's operating cost and indirectly affect the environment. This chapter discusses methods for estimating energy use for two purposes: modeling for building and HVAC system design and associated design optimization (forward modeling), and modeling energy use of existing buildings for establishing baselines, calculating retrofit savings, and implementing model predictive control (data-driven modeling).

General Considerations
Degree-Day and Bin Methods
Thermal Loads Modeling
HVAC Component Modeling
Low-Energy System Modeling
Data-Driven Modeling
Model Calibration
Validation and Testing

ISBN: 978-1-939200-57-0 (for I-P versions of chapters)
ISSN: 1523-7222 (for I-P versions of chapters)

Citation: 2017 ASHRAE Handbook -- Fundamentals: Chapter 19, Energy Estimating and Modeling Methods

Product Details

Published: 2017 ISBN(s): 9781939200570 Number of Pages: 53Units of Measure:I-PFile Size: 1 file , 2.4 MB Product Code(s): D-F192017IP