LoginDescribes the Computerized Instrumental Residential Audit (CIRA), a collection of programs for energy analysis and energy auditing of residential buildings. Air infiltration is modelled using the LBL infiltration model based on effective leakage. For a given budget, CIRA can also develop an optimally sequenced list of retrofits with the highest combined savings. Energy calculations compare well with those of DOE-2.1 and with measured energy consumptions from a sample of monitored houses.
CIRA - a microcomputer based energy analysis and auditing tool for residential applications.
Year:
1983
Bibliographic info:
Proceedings 4th International Symposium on the use of computers for environmental engineering related to buildings. Tokyo March 30-April 2 1983 p.387-393 3 figs. 13 refs.