[Equest-users] Increase in roof insulation increases cooling load.

[Glenn Haynes]

Cyrus,

 

If your building is in Columbus, you will have relatively mild cooling
seasons.  If you request hourly output for your baseline and retrofit
runs and subtract to obtain hourly "savings", you will find that when
the outside temperature is well below the indoor temperature, you will
see negative "savings" due to the reduction in "free cooling" through
the roof system.  If these negative "savings" more than offset the
positive savings, you will obtain a net negative "savings" overall.

 

Glenn

 

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Grimes
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 10:34 AM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Equest-users] Increase in roof insulation increases cooling
load.

 

In a parametric run the roofing insulation was increased from U= 0.063
to U=0.033. by increasing the thickness of the "Insul Bd 2in (HF-B3)" of
the built up roof from 0.28 to 0.64.

 

In my results the HVAC cooling load increased by 4% and my heating load
decreased by 4%. Overall the net change was -1% energy savings.

 

Is this reasonable?

 Any suggestions?

 

thanks

 

                  Cyrus Grimes, LEED(r) AP               .     

                    Mechanical Engineer

 

Corporate Office

1108 City Park Avenue, 3rd Floor

Columbus, Ohio 43206

 

Phone (614) 443-1178 ext. 274

Fax: (614) 443-1594

e-mail: cgrimes at dynamix-ltd.com

 

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