Empirical validations of solar gain models for a glazing unit with exterior and interior blind assemblies
Loutzenhiser, P. G., Manz, H., Carl, S., Simmler, H. and Maxwell, G. M.
2008
Energy and Buildings, 40(3): 330-340
Loutzenhiser, P. G., Manz, H., Carl, S., Simmler, H. and Maxwell, G. M., (2008), "Empirical validations of solar gain models for a glazing unit with exterior and interior blind assemblies", Energy and Buildings, 40(3): 330-340.
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| Peter G. Loutzenhiser, Heinrich Manz, Stephan Carl, Hans Simmler, Gregory M. Maxwell, Empirical validations of solar gain models for a glazing unit with exterior and interior blind assemblies, Energy and Buildings, Volume 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 330-340, ISSN 0378-7788, DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.02.034.
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V2V-4N5TN75-1/2/3f185319bd7ca474a8b7f3b0c81079ff)
Abstract:
Experiments performed at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA) test cell located in Duebendorf, Switzerland were used for empirical validations of building energy simulation programs. Four solar gain experiments were run with either an exterior Venetian blind or an interior mini-blind mounted over a glazing unit with the blind slats in the horizontal position and with the outer slat edge toward the ground tilted downward 45[degree sign]. Models of the test cell setup were constructed in two distinctive building energy simulation programs, EnergyPlus and HELIOS, and the measured cooling power in the test cell was compared with the simulated cooling powers. For these experiments, the mean percentage of the absolute mean differences for EnergyPlus and HELIOS were all within 6.1 and 7.1%, respectively.
Keywords: Solar gains; Empirical validation; Blind assemblies |
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