Hourly solar radiation data for vertical and horizontal surfaces on average days in the United States and Canada

Kusuda, T.; Ishii, Katsumi

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“…Average hourly irradiances on the house surfaces for an average day at the midpoint of each month were calculated by adaptation of the method of Liu and Jordan (1963) as modified by Kusuda and Ishii (1977). For each of 80 locations in the U.S.A. and Canada, Liu and Jordan (1963) compiled the average dally total radiation H on a horizontal surface and the ratio KT = H /H., where H. is dally total extraterrestial radiation on a horizontal surface at the midpoint of the month.…”

Section: Model Of House Radiation Climatementioning

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Effects of individual trees on the solar radiation climate of small buildings

Heisler

1986

Urban Ecology

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Heisler, O.M., 1986. Effects of individual trees on the solar radiation climate of small buildings. Urban Ecol., 9 : 337-359. Under clear skies, a mid-sized sugar maple tree (Acer saccharum Marsh.) reduced irradiance in its shade on a south-facing wall by about 80% when in leaf, and by nearly 40% when leafless. Reductions by a similar-sized London plane (Platanus acerifolia W.) were generally slightly smaller. The percentage reductions varied with the fraction (DR) of diffuse radiation, and could be approximated by regressions with DR' as the independent variable. The significance of the irradiance reductions (or building radiation climate was tested by using physical models of representative tree crowns (similar to sugar maple) and a representative house to evaluate shadow patterns, along with a mathematical model of average hourly solar radiation for an average day of each month. For a mid-sized tree with a 2-m clear bole located south of the house in a cloudy climate, the ratio of desirable insolation reductions during the cooling season to undesirable insolation reductions during the heating season was a low 0.74; whereas, with the same tree on the west, the ratio was a much more beneficial 4.6. In a surmy climate, the ratios were 0.55 and 3.3 for the tree on the south and west, respectively. A tai1er tree with a longer clear bole on the south produced more favorable ratios of cooling season to heating season insolation reductions than the tree with the short clear bole on the south.

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Section: Model Of House Radiation Climatementioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of individual trees on the solar radiation climate of small buildings

Heisler

1986

Urban Ecology

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“…In keeping with our stated philosophy of having the data directly usable, relative humidity values were generated and put on the data tape. These generated relative humidity values were taken from National Weather Service daily relative humidity profiles for an average January, April, August, and October day [10]. These generated values should have little effect on heating analysis since there was no humidifier in the dwelling.…”

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Selected measured data from residential housing for use in testing and verification of building energy analysis programs

Barnett¹

1982

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A set of measured residential data has been culled from three larger data sets for use in the testing and verification of building energy analysis programs. The data consist of hourly values for heating/cooling system performance and weather conditions that are sufficient in detail, it is believed, for all existent computer programs. These data have been encoded onto a magnetic tape. In addition, general information has been collected on the houses, occupants/ occupant use, and heating/cooling systems.

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“…Mark Jones and Bruce Hunn of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory have designed a thermosiphoning air system for Jones' house in Santa Fe, New Mexico (Ref. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. The 2650-ft2 house uses a site-built collector with 532 ft2 of absorber area (Fig.…”

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“…The U.S. Department of Energy, specifically the Passive Systems Development Branch in the Office of Conservation and Solar Energy, has a comprehensive program that is designed to facilitate the widespread use of passive solar designs (Refs. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. The program's many activities are performed, for the most part, at the rcgional or local level and managed from the Washington D.C. headquarters.…”

Section: Doe's National Passive Solar Programmentioning

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Passive solar progress: a simplified guide to the 3rd national passive solar conference

Miller¹,

Howell²,

Richards³

1980

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This book has been prepared to introduce some of the concepts and practices that have come to be known as "passive. solar heating and cooling" and to present a current picture of the field. Much of the material found in this book is de-: rived from papers presented at the 3rd National Passive Solar Conference held in San Jose, California in January 1979 and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Extracts and data from these papers have been integrated in the text with explanatory ry and descriptive material. In this way, we have attempted to present technical information in an introductory context. An extensive list of references will lead the curious to further exploration of passive solar.concepts. The primary reference for the book is Proceedings of the 3rd National Passive Solar Conference, edited by Harry Miller, David Richards, and Michael Riordan and published by the American Section of the International Solar Energy Society (AS1 ISES). Copies can be obtained through ASIISES,

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Hourly solar radiation data for vertical and horizontal surfaces on average days in the United States and Canada

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Effects of individual trees on the solar radiation climate of small buildings

Effects of individual trees on the solar radiation climate of small buildings

Selected measured data from residential housing for use in testing and verification of building energy analysis programs

Passive solar progress: a simplified guide to the 3rd national passive solar conference

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