[Equest-users] Gymnasium Energy Analysis

[Zane Jin]

Jeff,

Thanks for you suggestion.
I will look through those references.
Thanks again!

Zane


2013/12/16 Jeff Haberl <jhaberl at tamu.edu>

>  Hello Zane,
>
>
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> I'd suggest you keep the model as simple as possible, before chasing after
> design details that have less than a 10% effect. In the following, somewhat
> dated paper you'll find information about modeling of an entire recreation
> center with DOE-2, that was calibrated to on-site energy use:
>
>
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>  Haberl, J., Claridge, D. 1985. “Retrofit Energy Studies of a Recreation
> Center,” * ASHRAE Transactions-Research,* Vol. 91, Pt. 2, pp. 1421 - 1433
> (June).
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>
>
> In general, in large facilities, like gyms, where there is a lot of
> outside air for ventilation purposes, most of the loads associated with the
> building will be involved in heating/cooling the fresh air. If the gyms are
> part of a larger facility, like a Rec Center, then other issues tend to
> overwhelm the energy use, for example, swimming pools, ice rinks, laundry
> facilities, ice melting (i.e., for winter-time), etc.
>
>
>
> In the case of the Rec Center at CU, we eventually learned enough about
> the building to predict its energy use and even write an expert system that
> also predicted what problems were possibly occuring and what might be
> causing them. Details can be found in the also somewhat dated paper:
>
>
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>  Haberl, J., Claridge, D. 1987. “An Expert System for Building Energy
> Consumption Analysis: Prototype Results,”* ASHRAE Transactions-Research, *Vol.
> 93, Pt. 1, pp. 979 - 998 (January).
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>
>
> Jeff
>
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> *From:* equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [
> equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] on behalf of Zane Jin [
> sangjin722 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 11, 2013 1:47 AM
> *To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* [Equest-users] Gymnasium Energy Analysis
>
>   Hi, guys.
> I got a project that need to calculate cooling and heating energy of a
> gymnasium.
> And here I have two questions to ask for comment.
>
> 1. The form of object is not a typical one.
>     It has inclined curtain wall with some louver on it,
>     and the roof was designed into streamline shape, the height of central
> section is lower than two side.
>     Is it possible to build the model like object form or need to
> simplify?
>     If need to simplify, what kind of method do you think is the best one?
>
> 2. The under-seat air supply system adopted in the auditorium area.
>     But as you know, the temperature in large space is different by the
> height.
>     So, is it need to separate several zone by height and temperature or
> just one big zone is ok?
>
> Looking forward your reply.
> Thanks very much!!
>
> - Zane
>
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