Wind data for building ventilation in selected US cities

Conference · Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6485474

Robbins, C L; Hunter, K C

Appropriately using natural ventilation in a building can play a significant role in reducing the building's energy consumption. However, without accurate wind velocity and direction data the designer has no chance of incorporating natural ventilation. Wind data generated for 80 cities in the United States are documented. The source and methodology for generating the data, and an example of an application are presented. The data include average and mean hourly wind speed and direction, annual bin wind data, and monthly bin wind data. The data were derived from the hourly wind speed and direction measurements contained on the Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) and Estimated Typical Meteorological Year (ETMY) weather tapes. Prior to this work data were available from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) only in three-hourly interval data, monthly summaries, yearly summaries, and averages. The new data make it possible to perform rigorous hourly simulations for a building.

• Research Organization: Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-77CH00178
• OSTI ID: 6485474
• Report Number(s): SERI/TP-254-1802; CONF-821213-5; ON: DE83009182
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320100* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Buildings
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
BUILDINGS
CLOUD COVER
DATA
DEGREE DAYS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HOURLY VARIATIONS
HUMIDITY
INFORMATION
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
USA
VARIATIONS
VELOCITY
VENTILATION
WEATHER
WIND