Single-Room Heat Balance for Building Heat Transfer
Supports: Heat-balance foundation; envelope and solar gains; surface and air heat transfer; and HVAC load relationships.
Open the official source →Primary technical sources
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Building Energy Modeling 101: HVAC Design and Operation Use Case
Supports: Cooling-load categories; building and HVAC interaction; equipment selection; and controls.
Open the official source →Moisture Control Guidance for Building Design, Construction and Maintenance
Supports: Dew point; condensation; moisture transport; HVAC moisture control; and verification.
Open the official source →Algorithms for Psychrometric Calculations (Skeleton Tables for the Thermodynamic Properties of Moist Air)
Supports: Psychrometrics; moist-air properties; humidity ratio; and enthalpy.
Open the official source →Advanced HVAC Humidity Control for Hot-Humid Climates
Supports: Sensible and latent loads; dehumidification; part-load moisture behavior; and airflow and controls.
Open the official source →CONTAM User Guide and Program Documentation Version 3.4
Supports: Pressure-driven airflow; infiltration and exfiltration; wind and buoyancy; and fan and interzonal flow.
Open the official source →Building Airflow Physics
Supports: Pressure differences; wind; buoyancy; and building pressurization and depressurization.
Open the official source →Building Air Quality Guide: A Guide for Building Owners and Facility Managers
Supports: Commercial-building investigation; HVAC pathways; recordkeeping; and indoor-air-quality boundaries.
Open the official source →Portable Air Conditioners
Supports: Portable-air-conditioner scope; cooling-capacity ratings; energy use; and test procedures.
Open the official source →Heat Pumps
Supports: Heat transfer; heat sources and sinks; cooling-cycle overview; and heat rejection.
Open the official source →Purchasing Energy-Efficient Light Commercial Heating and Cooling Equipment
Supports: Cooling-capacity bands; efficiency metrics; energy use; and life-cycle comparison.
Open the official source →Air-Cooled Unitary Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
Supports: Commercial equipment definitions; IEER and COP; rating conditions; and current test procedures.
Open the official source →NIST Technical Note 1297: Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results
Supports: Measurand definition; Type A and Type B uncertainty; combined uncertainty; and uncertainty reporting.
Open the official source →NIST Special Publication 811: Guide for the Use of the International System of Units
Supports: SI units; quantity symbols; unit conversion; and measurement reporting.
Open the official source →Hygrometers
Supports: Humidity measurement; dew point; relative humidity; and calibration context.
Open the official source →Commissioning Process for Federal Facilities
Supports: Commissioning planning; investigation; implementation and retest; and handoff and ongoing verification.
Open the official source →HVAC Commissioning
Supports: Functional verification; equipment and controls; dampers and schedules; and ventilation and delivered airflow.
Open the official source →Measurement and Verification Options for Federal Energy- and Water-Saving Projects
Supports: Baselines; retrofit isolation; whole-building verification; and calibrated simulation.
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