Theoretical basis of the DOE-2 building energy use analysis program
Abstract
A user-oriented, public domain, computer program was developed that will enable architects and engineers to perform design and retrofit studies of the energy-use of buildings under realistic weather conditions. The DOE-2.1A has been named by the US DOE as the standard evaluation technique for the Congressionally mandated building energy performance standards (BEPS). A number of program design decisions were made that determine the breadth of applicability of DOE-2.1. Such design decisions are intrinsic to all building energy use analysis computer programs and determine the types of buildings or the kind of HVAC systems that can be modeled. In particular, the weighting factor method used in DOE-2 has both advantages and disadvantages relative to other computer programs.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- April 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981STIN...8215242C
- Keywords:
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- Buildings;
- Computer Programs;
- Energy Conservation;
- Energy Consumption;
- Heat Balance;
- Run Time (Computers);
- Thermodynamics;
- Air Conditioning;
- Cooling;
- Feedback Control;
- Humidity;
- Solar Radiation;
- Space Heating (Buildings);
- Temperature;
- Time Lag;
- Engineering (General)