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

Joe Huang yjhuang at whiteboxtechnologies.com
Fri Jan 4 18:16:28 PST 2013


Sorry,

there was a typo in the link to DEER link.   It should be http://www.energy.ca.gov/deer .  
I also don't know how public are the DEER models,

Joe

Joe Huang
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On 1/4/2013 6:04 PM, Joe Huang wrote:
> 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
> White Box Technologies, Inc.
> 346 Rheem Blvd., Suite 108D
> Moraga CA 94556
> yjhuang at whiteboxtechnologies.com
> www.whiteboxtechnologies.com
> (o) (925)388-0265
> (c) (510)928-2683
> "building energy simulations at your fingertips"
>
> 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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