[Bldg-sim] Occupancy loads of a typical American typical family in a small container house

[Kevin Kyte]

I think typical occupancy loads for western houses would be near 0 during the day except for pets.  Mixed during weekends, maybe 50% outside of sleep time, less for a container house.  Electrical appliances will be plugged in and drawing energy throughout the day.  I suggest researching the energy draw of appliances while idle.  Appliance and electronics use will ramp up in the evenings and jump considerably at night after 8pm.  Just some thoughts...

Kevin

From: John Aulbach [mailto:jra_sac at yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 5:27 PM
To: Atila Rios; bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] Occupancy loads of a typical American typical family in a small container house

That is a VERY small house. 22' x 18' is only 400 sq.ft. Maybe in Europe not in the US. Try 1,000 sf.

John R. Aulbach, PE

On Wednesday, July 2, 2014 2:12 PM, Atila Rios <atilarios at hotmail.com<mailto:atilarios at hotmail.com>> wrote:

Hello all,

I am simulating a small container house (22'x 18'x 8', two bedrooms, one bathroom, one living room and one kitchen) for a single western life-style family of 2 adults and 2 children. I am already done with the envelope and HVAC but now I am not sure how to proceed in applying typical occupancy loads in the house, only electric appliances by the way.

Does anyone know how can I build a typical hourly usage of this particular family in this particular small container house? I need a 24h-usage curve and 8760h-annual hourly usage data. With all these patterns, I could customize options and apply in the softwares.

This is kinda a lot to ask but I just wanted any ideas and a help please to know how and where to start. Anything is welcome.

Thank you.
Best,


Atila


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