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Digital and color energy maps for graphic display of hourly data

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6274617
The display of hourly data is discussed. Existing methods based on contour plots, design-day graphs, and three-dimensional surfaces are reviewed, the relationships noted; and the possibilities for extending and combining existing methods described. Problems with using typical weather days are discussed, and new methods based on sequential days are described, including energy maps. Examples of color energy maps are given for three versions of a four-zone commercial building, and patterns of energy use are noted and interpreted. The display of hourly data is discussed primarily in terms of simulation results, but the approach is equally applicable to measured data from monitored buildings or any source of hourly data.
Research Organization:
Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-83CH10093
OSTI ID:
6274617
Report Number(s):
SERI/TP-253-2461; CONF-840954-10; ON: DE85000526
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English