For those of you who have modeled residential, what schedules have you used with what power densities?
--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Dru Crawley wrote:
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> Mixing apples and oranges and old and new.
>
> The RefBldgMidriseApartmentNew2004_Chicago.idf is a multifamily building
> and would likely have higher power density and different schedules from a
> single family residence.
>
> The DOE Building America Research Benchmark by Hendron (2004) was updated
> in 2010 to become the NREL Building America House Simulation Protocols by
> Hendron and Engebrecht (2010). BEOpt web site (http://beopt.nrel.gov) says
> it incorporates the NREL Building America House Simulation Protocols.
>
> If you're looking for single family data -- go for the NREL Building
> America House Simulation Protocols.
>
>
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> On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 9:10 PM, burin3 burin3@... wrote:
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> > **
> >
> >
> > I am trying to simulate a benchmark single family house and having trouble
> > finding authoritative advice on equipment loads and schedules for a single
> > zone residence.
> >
> > The EPlus residential example file
> > (RefBldgMidriseApartmentNew2004_Chicago.idf) gives 5.38 W/m2 equipment
> > power density with fractional time of day schedule that ranges from 38% at
> > 5am to 100% at 9pm.
> >
> > BEOpt (software that uses EPlus and is based on the DOE Building America
> > Benchmark) gives individual power and schedule for large appliances and
> > 2.46 W/m2 for miscl equipment with a very different fractional time of day
> > schedule. This one varies by month but January (for instance) ranges from
> > 51% at 10am to 99% at 9pm. The distribution of fractions is different from
> > the EPlus example file.
> >
> > Curiously, the DOE Building America Research Benchmark by Hendron (2004)
> > shows a different equipment profile, from 27% at 4am to 59% at 7pm. This
> > one is derived from Huang and Gu 2002. The paper gives annual equipment
> > energy use for a few scenarios but no typical power densities.
> >
> > Finally, the NREL Building America House Simulation Protocols by Hendron
> > and Engebrecht (2010) describes yet another residential load profile that
> > is modeled after researc