Implications of office building thermal mass and multi-day temperature profiles for cooling strategies
This paper describes a study of the cooling energy requirements that result from thermal storage in building mass, and suggests methods for predicting and controlling its energy cost implications. The study relies on computer simulations of energy use for a large office building prototype in El Paso, TX using the DOE-2 building energy analysis program. Increased Monday cooling energy requirements resulting from the weekend shut-down of HVAC systems are documented. Predictors of energy use and peak demands, which account for thermal storage in building mass, are described. Load-shifting, sub-cooling and pre-cooling equipment operating strategies are evaluated with explicit reference to utility rate schedules.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 6326909
- Report Number(s):
- LBL-19212; CONF-850810-32; ON: DE86004098
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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320102* -- Energy Conservation
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& Utilization-- Office Buildings-- (-1987)
BUILDINGS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
COOLING LOAD
DEMAND
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY SYSTEMS
HEAT STORAGE
MASS
OFFICE BUILDINGS
PEAK LOAD
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SIMULATION
SPACE HVAC SYSTEMS
STORAGE
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
THERMAL MASS