Use of the Building Loads Analysis and System Thermodynamics (BLAST) Computer Program to Review New Army Building Designs for Energy Efficiency.

摘要

This document describes the Army's energy criteria (prescriptive standards and energy budgets) and compares them with the information contained in a BLAST input deck. Since most of the information needed to review a new design for compliance with energy criteria is in the BLAST input deck, a special BLAST Design Review Summary report was developed which provides, in an easy-to-read standard format, the information needed to check a design for energy criteria compliance. This document also describes how the BLAST Design Review Summary report can be used by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers districts to review the energy effectiveness of new facility designs submitted by architect/engineer firms. The pros and cons of alternative methods for doing design reviews which do not require the use of BLAST are also discussed.