Re: [TRNSYS-users] Type 56 validation references

[David BRADLEY <d.bradley@tess-inc.com>]

Marcello,
  There is a basic list of references for Type56 in the 05-MultizoneBuilding documentation (section 5.4.7). In the US, building energy modeling tools are "validated" by running them through a series of tests that are described in ASHRAE Standard 140 (there is an analogous BESTEST standard as well). So long as the results of a software fall within acceptable ranges as defined in the Standard then the software is said to pass the Standard. The range of acceptable results is defined by the results that were obtained quite a few years ago by third parties (i.e. not developers) running some industry standard software tools. A previous version of TRNSYS is one of the industry standard software tools that was used in setting the acceptable range for Standard140.

  I would appreciate if others could add information about validation standards outside the US.
kind regards,
 David

On 6/1/2015 4:24 AM, marcello.caciolo@cofelyaxima-gdfsuez.com wrote:

Dear TRNSYS users,

 

In order to convince a partner on the pertinence of using Type 56 to model a building, I need to collect some references to validation tests of the building model versus measurements, in test cells or real buildings.

 

Could you please give me some references of this type ?

 

Thank you in advance.

 

Best regards,

Marcello Caciolo
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