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Two French building energy programs were developed by a French utility company. The first one is intended to produce economic studies and be used as a research tool. The second one is more dedicated to engineering offices as a tool adapted to their constraints in their thermal studies. To give confidence to the end-users and to ensure the quality of the software programs results, a validation procedure has been in place for many years. We have focused on the use with the first software of different analytical tests compiled in a report of an international organization dealing with energy savings. The analytical tests are very powerful in detecting inconsistencies if they exist, and the tests are easy to implement. In Part 2 of this paper, we present the empirical validation work carried out in the same organization as above: experimental sequence and application of a parameter estimation method to achieve a diagnostic on modeling error.

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Citation: Symposium, ASHRAE Transactions, vol. 105, pt. 2, Seattle 1999

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Published: 1999 Number of Pages: 15File Size: 1 file , 620 KB Product Code(s): D-7501