Twenty Years On!: Updating the IEA BESTEST Building Thermal Fabric Test Cases for ASHRAE Standard 140: Preprint

Conference · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013

OSTI ID:1087793

Judkoff, R.; Neymark, J.

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 140, Standard Method of Test for the Evaluation of Building Energy Analysis Computer Programs applies the IEA BESTEST building thermal fabric test cases and example simulation results originally published in 1995. These software accuracy test cases and their example simulation results, which comprise the first test suite adapted for the initial 2001 version of Standard 140, are approaching their 20th anniversary. In response to the evolution of the state of the art in building thermal fabric modeling since the test cases and example simulation results were developed, work is commencing to update the normative test specification and the informative example results.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Building Technologies Program
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1087793
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-5500-58487
• Resource Relation: Conference: To be presented at the 2013 Building Simulation Conference, 25-28 August 2013, Chambery, France
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
BESTEST
ENERGY ANALYSIS
BUILDING THERMAL FABRIC
SIMULATION
Buildings