Workplan to Analyze the Energy Impacts of Envelope Airtightness in OfficeBuildings

摘要

This report describes the impact of building airflows on energy consumption inmulti-zone buildings and the analysis approaches that can be used to account for the energy associated with these airflows. Plans to link a multi-zone network airflow analysis program with a building energy analysis program are disussed. An initial estimate of the energy associated with infiltration in U.S. office buildings, based on a simplified analysis approach, is presented.