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A Facility’s Energy Demand Analysis for Different Building Functions
A more accurate determination of energy demands for buildings is of utmost importance for estimating future energy demands. This article presents two novel ideas that have the potential to contribute to a more precise determination of expected energy demands. The first idea involves accounting for a building’s function more thoroughly, which enables the determination of different energy demands for two or more identical buildings, depending on their respective usage functions. According to a case study, the heating energy demand can be up to twice as high in a commercial facility compared with a residential building. Similarly, the cooling energy requirement can also differ. The second idea concerns determining the heating degree day (HDD) and cooling degree day (CDD) values from the daily minimum and maximum temperatures. This idea may be relevant when few instantaneous values are available for the daily mean temperature. According to the case study, the calculated values from the daily minimum and maximum temperatures follow the HDD and CDD values specified from the daily mean temperature. However, the difference is less than 2% for the heating season and higher for the cooling season. Therefore, further research is required to refine the constants in the cooling equation.
A Facility’s Energy Demand Analysis for Different Building Functions
A more accurate determination of energy demands for buildings is of utmost importance for estimating future energy demands. This article presents two novel ideas that have the potential to contribute to a more precise determination of expected energy demands. The first idea involves accounting for a building’s function more thoroughly, which enables the determination of different energy demands for two or more identical buildings, depending on their respective usage functions. According to a case study, the heating energy demand can be up to twice as high in a commercial facility compared with a residential building. Similarly, the cooling energy requirement can also differ. The second idea concerns determining the heating degree day (HDD) and cooling degree day (CDD) values from the daily minimum and maximum temperatures. This idea may be relevant when few instantaneous values are available for the daily mean temperature. According to the case study, the calculated values from the daily minimum and maximum temperatures follow the HDD and CDD values specified from the daily mean temperature. However, the difference is less than 2% for the heating season and higher for the cooling season. Therefore, further research is required to refine the constants in the cooling equation.
A Facility’s Energy Demand Analysis for Different Building Functions
Béla Bodó (author) / Emese Béni (author) / Gábor L. Szabó (author)
2023
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