Full Description

This chapter covers cooling and heating load calculation procedures for residential buildings, including detailed heat-balance methods that serve as the basis for cooling load calculation. Simple cooling load procedures, suitable for hand calculations, are provided for typical cases. Straightforward heating load calculation procedures are also included.

Procedures in this chapter are based on the same fundamentals as the nonresidential methods in Chapter 18. However, many characteristics distinguish residential loads, and Chapter 18’s procedures should be applied with care to residential applications.
Additional information about residential heating and cooling is found in Chapter 1 of the 2011 ASHRAE Handbook—HVAC Applications and Chapter 10 of the 2012 ASHRAE Handbook—HVAC Systems and Equipment.

Chapter Table of Contents

Residential Features
Calculation Approach
Other Methods
Residential Heat Balance (RHB) Method
Residential Load Factor (RLF) Method
Common Data and Procedures
Cooling Load
Heating Load
Load Calculation Example
Symbols

ISBN: 978-1-936504-45-9 (for I-P versions of chapters)
ISSN: 1523-7222 (for I-P versions of chapters)

Citation: 2013 ASHRAE Handbook -- Fundamentals: Chapter 17, Residential Cooling and Heating Load Calculations