[Bldg-sim] Which month is the peak month for loads

Rasheed Ahmad rasheed.jmi at gmail.com
Mon Jun 22 23:22:38 PDT 2015


Thank you very , Javed , Dru , Jon Hand for your all responses.

On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Dru Crawley <dbcrawley at gmail.com> wrote:

> ASHRAE design conditions now includes monthly cooling design conditions.
> The load calculations chapter in the Fundamentals recommends using the
> monthly data...because each building can respond differently to climatic
> conditions based on its configuration, thermal characteristics and systems.
> On Jun 21, 2015 10:33 PM, "Jon Hand" <jon at esru.strath.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>> Since we are working in a virtual world and not all buildings react the
>> same way the
>> most straightforward approach is to run virtual epxeriments and look for
>> periods during the
>> year when the building or its occupants are most-stressed.
>>
>> Might not be on the hottest day or the coldest day.  More likely it will
>> be during a week
>> with a sequence of weather and internal usage patterns for the specific
>> building
>> coincide with greatest discomfort or exceptional demands for
>> environmental controls.
>>
>> Weather data gives an initial clue,  and better to confirm that this is
>> actually the case.
>>
>> -Jon Hand, ESRU, Glasgow
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Bldg-sim [bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] on behalf of
>> Javed Iqbal [javedvit at gmail.com]
>> Sent: 22 June 2015 08:40
>> To: Rasheed Ahmad
>> Cc: Bldg-sim
>> Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] Which month is the peak month for loads
>>
>> You should check .ddy file that comes with .epw weather files. It has all
>> the data that you are looking for. Hope this helps!
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Rasheed Ahmad <rasheed.jmi at gmail.com
>> <mailto:rasheed.jmi at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I have a query , since  i m doing simulations , i want to know which
>> month is the peak month in terms of load for hot and cold climate regions.
>>
>> The weather data which we uses , what extract does the simulation tool
>> takes from that weather data , except the relative humidity , Latitude and
>> all.
>>
>>
>> It would be very helpful to me if all experts can reply and make me
>> understand all these points.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
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>>
>> Javed Iqbal, LEED AP, CEA
>> Sr. Energy Analyst
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