Journal: Building and environment
Article Title: Weather Correlations to Calculate Infiltration Rates for U. S. Commercial Building Energy Models
doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.10.029
Figure Lengend Snippet: Additional percentage savings in annual HVAC (a) electrical and (b) gas use for each building types and climate zone using EnergyPlus (correlations) models over using EnergyPlus (original) models after building envelope airtightening Note: Negative values mean a relative decrease in HVAC energy use after building envelope airtightening using EnergyPlus (correlations) models over using EnergyPlus (original) models
Article Snippet: Previous work at NIST involved using results from CONTAM [ 20 ], a multizone airflow model, to develop EnergyPlus inputs for infiltration in the ASHRAE 90.1-2004 versions of the EnergyPlus commercial reference building models.
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