Computerized instrumented residential audit: CIRA Version 1. 0 reference manual

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5269316

Computerized, Instrumented, Residential Audit (CIRA) is a collection of programs related to building energy analysis and designed for a wide variety of microcomputers. It couples interactive features with simplified computer models of building energy analysis. The program uses data inputs on doors, walls, windows, active and passive solar features, greenhouse, landscape, roof/ceiling, infiltration, HVAC system, subfloor, appliances, and economic information. One output it provides is a design energy analysis of the building, i.e., data on monthly heatig and cooling loads, energy use, infiltration rates and so on. The second type of output is a retrofit package - the base set of retrofits for the building under consideration, given the investment limit, interest rate, etc., that the user has chosen. Described are the computer's engineering methods, economic optimization, program organization and glossary, questions library, retrofit library, weather library, and utility programs. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 5269316
• Report Number(s): LBL-PUB-442; ON: DE82015617
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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