TO-2716 -- The Proposed TC 4.7 Simplified Energy Analysis Procedure

Effective building energy conservation requires the availability of energy estimating procedures that can quantitatively evaluate the effects of various design and operational parameters. Additionally, various existing and proposed standards and codes, published by ASH RAE or by federal and state governments, require the use of building energy analysis for compliance. Most of the existing procedures are either too simplistic to provide the desired level of accuracy and compre-hensiveness, or they are too complex to gain widespread usage. ASHRAE TC 4.7 is in the process of developing a comprehensive modified bin method for estimating building energy usage. This procedure can lend itself for manual calculations, and it can be easily programmed into mi-crocomputers. This paper describes the proposed procedure and summarizes the results of studies comparing the results obtained from this procedure and those obtained from complex procedures requiring main frame computers.

Citation: ASHRAE Transactions, Volume 88, Part 2, Toronto, Canada



Product Code(s): D-TO-2716