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Residential Heat Load Calculation Guide

The document outlines a heat load analysis for a residential building, providing preliminary design calculations based on various factors such as the overall coefficient of heat transmission and air exchange rates. It details the heat load requirements for specific rooms, including two bedrooms and a living area, with total heat load calculations amounting to 14,959.91 Btu/hr. The analysis references the book by Joseph Wujek & Frank Dagostino and suggests further precision can be obtained from ASHRAE standards.

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Residential Heat Load Calculation Guide

The document outlines a heat load analysis for a residential building, providing preliminary design calculations based on various factors such as the overall coefficient of heat transmission and air exchange rates. It details the heat load requirements for specific rooms, including two bedrooms and a living area, with total heat load calculations amounting to 14,959.91 Btu/hr. The analysis references the book by Joseph Wujek & Frank Dagostino and suggests further precision can be obtained from ASHRAE standards.

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Heat Load Analysis (Residential)

This is an approximation for preliminary design. The procedures, which are partly followed due
to insufficient instruments and sources, and values, like overall coefficient of heat transmission, air
exchange per hour, and heat capacity, are gotten, overall coefficient of heat transmission, air exchange
per hour, heat capacity are gotten from Joseph Wujek & Frank Dagostino ‘s MECHANICAL AND
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction book thus their specifications are
the basis. Further precision of calculation for residential, please refer to ASHRAE – Fundamentals, and
ASHRAE Standard 55. The data can be extracted from the given plan.

Rooms that should be heated per room are the following:

a) Bedroom 1
b) Living, Dinning, and Kitchen Area
c) Bedroom

Please refer the HVAC Floor Plan Drawing for further details.

Bedroom 1

Transmission – Above Grade


U-factor Area ∆𝑇 Subtotal
Description Btu/hr ∙ ℉ Notes
ft2 ℉ 𝐵𝑡𝑢/ℎ𝑟
∙ 𝑓𝑡 2
Wall 0.3335 185.112 21.39 1320.5085

Infiltration
C Volume ∆𝑇
Description Btu℉ ACH Subtotal Notes
ft3 ℉
∙ 𝑓𝑡 3
Wall 0.018 1.47 1242.524 21.39 703.243
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑 = 2074.845 Btu/hr
Bedroom 2

Transmission – Above Grade


U-factor Area ∆𝑇 Subtotal
Description Btu/hr ∙ ℉ Notes
ft2 ℉ 𝐵𝑡𝑢/ℎ𝑟
∙ 𝑓𝑡 2
Wall 0.3335 185.112 21.39 1320.5085
Ceiling 0.3335 126.2404869 21.39 900.5447189

Infiltration
C Volume ∆𝑇 Subtotal
Description Btu℉ ACH Notes
ft3 ℉ 𝐵𝑡𝑢/ℎ𝑟
∙ 𝑓𝑡 3
Wall 0.018 1.47 1242.524 21.39 703.243
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑 = 2,998.12 Btu/hr
Hall, Stairs, Living, Kitchen, and Dinning Area

Transmission – Above Grade


U-factor Area ∆𝑇 Subtotal
Description Btu/hr ∙ ℉ Notes
ft2 ℉ 𝐵𝑡𝑢/ℎ𝑟
∙ 𝑓𝑡 2
Hall and stairs
0.3335 21.93 1353.8453
1(wall) 191.4899663
Hall and stairs
0.16 21.93 90.644181
1(glass) 25.833385
Hall and stairs
0.3335 21.93 453.74273009
1(ceiling) 62.04048866
LDK1(wall) 0.3335 145.743347 21.93 1065.916559
LDK1(ceiling) 0.3335 110.9826438 21.93 811.6887677
LDK1(glass) 0.16 43.05564167 21.93 151.07363549
LDK1(door) 0.38 19.37503875 21.93 161.45994792
Hall and stairs
0.3335 21.93 1400.4915495
2(wall) 191.4899663
Hall and stairs
0.16 21.93 90.644181
2(glass) 25.833385
Hall and stairs
0.3335 21.93 453.74273009
2(ceiling) 62.04048866
LDK2(wall) 0.3335 145.743347 21.93 1065.916559
LDK2(ceiling) 0.3335 110.9826438 21.93 811.6887677
LDK2(glass) 0.16 43.05564167 21.93 151.07363549

Infiltration
C Volume ∆𝑇 Subtotal
Description Btu℉ ACH Notes
3 ft3 ℉ 𝐵𝑡𝑢/ℎ𝑟
∙ 𝑓𝑡
Hall and stairs 1 0.018 1.47 610.6347309 21.93 720.997
LDK1 0.018 1.47 1092.348857 21.93 633.854868
Hall and stairs 2 0.018 1.47 610.6347309 21.93 354.3316719
LDK2 0.018 1.47 1092.348857 21.93 633.854868
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑 = 9,994.10 Btu/hr

Structures Total Heat Load


𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑 = 14,959.91 𝐵𝑡𝑢/ℎ𝑟

Reference
Joseph Wujek & Frank Dagostino. MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS in Architecture,
Engineering, and Construction.

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