[Bldg-sim] single-family detached residential prototype models?

[Joe Huang]

I've developed quite a few (perhaps the earliest)  residential prototypes in my former 
days at LBNL: (1)  5 single-family and townhouse models for DOE (1981-1987),  (2) 66 
multi-family models for the Gas Research Institute (1985-1987), and (3) 120+  
single-family models for GRI (1988-1992).  I've also adapted the  single-family building 
model as the basic model behind the RESFEN program, and kept it updated  through 2008  for 
DOE's EnergyStar Window  analysis.

I have paper copies of the technical reports, and still functioning copies of the DOE-2.1E 
input files and parametric procedures.  I can upload these if there is still interest in 
this 20-year old work.
Other sources you should consider are :
   (1) Building America Program at NREL  ("Building America Performance Analysis 
Procedures", by Hendron, Anderson, et al. 2004)
   (2) the DEER program in California ("DEER - Database for Energy Efficient Resources", 
California Energy Commission, http://www.energyca.gov/deer)

I think if you're sticking only with EnergyPlus models, you will be missing out on a lot 
of previous work and experience.

My other comment is to not get too distracted by a multitude of building models that 
differ by code-required R-values, as seems to be the case with the PNNL IECC files. In my 
work, I've regarded these as simply permutations of a single model depending on location 
and vintage.  For example, the single-family building  model I now use for my window 
analysis is parameterized so that the building size, shell thermal integrities, and even 
number of floors are macro inputs feeding a single master model.  That to me was the only 
way to manage large data bases with tens of thousands of runs.

Joe

Joe Huang
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On 1/4/2013 2:50 PM, Carrie Brown wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to collect a list of publicly available single-family detached residential 
> prototype models, preferably in EnergyPlus.  I've found the PNNL models here: 
> http://www.energycodes.gov/development/residential/iecc_models
>
> Do you know of other resources?  Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> *CARRIE BROWN, Ph.D.*
> *Heschong Mahone Group, Inc.*
>
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