Review and Comparison of GRI (Gas Research Institute) Single-Family Detached House Heating and Cooling Loads

摘要

As part of efforts to evaluate the technical and economic performance of new and conventional HVAC technologies for residential and small commercial buildings, GRI has developed modeling and analytical procedures which can evaluate and compare these technologies. Part of this effort comprised the development of standard heating and cooling loads for single family detached houses (SFD) in the United States. The standard loads were calculated through the development of prototype buildings which were simulated using the DOE 2.1B building load simulation program to provide the load data. A total of 108 prototypes were developed for 18 cities located in the 16 GRI regions (shown in Exhibit 1.1). The results of the analysis were presented in the report Regional Characteristics and Heating/Cooling Requirements for Single-Family Detached Houses (GRI report no. 85/0164).