Implications of Office Building Thermal Mass and Multi-day Temperature Profiles for Cooling Strategies

Publication Type

Conference Paper

Date Published

08/1985

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Abstract

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.

Journal

ASME/AIChe National Heat Transfer Conference

Year of Publication

1985

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