[Equest-users] Huge envelope changes having small affect on energy savings

[Lee Chorney]

Hi Guys,

Here all the .inp files. 1.inp is the base and 2.inp is the proposed.

Thank you,

Lee

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Lee Chorney <leec at alliedconsulting.net>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
>
> I recently did a model where I had the same system in both base and
> proposed but I changed the R-Value from 4 (base) to 20 (proposed). I also
> changed the window U-value from .80 (base) to .35 (proposed). After I did
> the run, I saw only a 5% savings between the heating and cooling use in the
> model. When I looked at the loads I saw the base had twice as much cooling
> and heating load than the proposed. Does any know why the energy savings
> would only be 5% when you have a huge difference between the cooling and
> heating loads?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lee
>
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