Nonresidential Cooling and Heating Load Calculations 28.

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The composite effect of the various forms of interior shading on Solution: By the room configuration described and with inside shading
solar radiation from glass, relative to unshaded clear double-strength for half the exposed glass area, Table 35B indicates the SCL factors
glass, is represented by a shading coefficient (SC) or decimal mul- should be selected for a Zone C condition.
tiplier, tabulated in Chapter 29 for a wide variety of conditions. Data required for the calculation are as follows:
Exterior Shading. Where glass is shaded by exterior means of a Variable South Glass West Glass
permanent nature, the hourly mitigating effect of such shading may U, W/(m2 ·K)* 3.63 4.60
be estimated by separate evaluations of shaded areas relative to Area A, m2 10 10
unshaded areas for each situation as previously noted. SC (Chapter 29) 0.82 0.53
SCL (Table 36, Zone C) 1200 249 117
Example 7. Cooling load from south and west glass. Determine the cool- 1400 221 309
ing load caused by glass on the south and west walls of a building at 1600 126 482
1200, 1400, and 1600 h in July. The building is located at 40°N latitude
*U-factors based on previous edition of this Handbook. See Table 5, Chapter 29
with outside design conditions of 35°C dry-bulb temperature and a 11°C for current values.
daily range. The inside design dry bulb temperature is 25°C. Assume the
room configuration includes two exposed walls, vinyl floor covering,
Table 35A Zone Types for Use with CLF Tables,
and gypsum partitions, and that the building is a single story. The south
glass is insulating type (6 mm air space) with an area of 10 m2 and no Interior Rooms
interior shading. The west glass is 5.6 mm single grey-tinted glass with Zone Parametersa Zone Type
an area of 10 m2 and with light-colored venetian blinds.
Room Ceiling Floor People and
Table 34 Cooling Load Temperature Differences Location Middle Floor Type Covering Equipment Lights
(CLTD) for Conduction through Glass Single N/A N/A Carpet C B
story N/A N/A Vinyl D C
Solar Time, h CLTD, °C Solar Time, h CLTD, °C
0100 1 1300 7 65 mm Concrete With Carpet D C
0200 0 1400 7 Top 65 mm Concrete With Vinyl D D
0300 −1 1500 8 floor 65 mm Concrete Without b D B
0400 −1 1600 8
25 mm Wood b b D B
0500 −1 1700 7
0600 −1 1800 7 65 mm Concrete With Carpet D C
0700 −1 1900 6 65 mm Concrete b Vinyl D D
0800 0 2000 4 Bottom
65 mm Concrete Without Carpet D D
0900 1 2100 3 floor
1000 2 2200 2 25 mm Wood b Carpet D C
1100 4 2300 2 25 mm Wood b Vinyl D D
1200 5 2400 1 65 mm Concrete N/A Carpet D C
Corrections: The values in the table were calculated for an inside temperature of Mid-
65 mm Concrete N/A Vinyl D D
25.5°C and an outdoor maximum temperature of 35°C with an outdoor daily range of floor
11.6°C. The table remains approximately correct for other outdoor maximums 33 to 25 mm Wood N/A b C B
39°C and other outdoor daily ranges 9 to 19°C, provided the outdoor daily average aA
temperature remains approximately 29.5°C. If the room air temperature is different total of 14 zone parameters is fully defined in Table 20. Those not shown in this
from 25.5°C and/or the outdoor daily average temperature is different from 29.5°C see table were selected to achieve an error band of approximately 10%.
b The effect of this parameter is negligible in this case.
note 2, Table 32.

Table 35B Zone Types for Use with SCL and CLF Tables, Single-Story Building
Zone Parametersa Zone Type Error Band
No. Floor Glass People and
Walls Covering Partition Type Inside Shade Solar Equipment Lights Plus Minus
1 or 2 Carpet Gypsum b A B B 9 2
1 or 2 Carpet Concrete block b B C C 9 0
1 or 2 Vinyl Gypsum Full B C C 9 0
1 or 2 Vinyl Gypsum Half to None C C C 16 0
1 or 2 Vinyl Concrete block Full C D D 8 0
1 or 2 Vinyl Concrete block Half to None D D D 10 6
3 Carpet Gypsum b A B B 9 2
3 Carpet Concrete block Full A B B 9 2
3 Carpet Concrete block Half to None B B B 9 0
3 Vinyl Gypsum Full B C C 9 0
3 Vinyl Gypsum Half to None C C C 16 0
3 Vinyl Concrete block Full B C C 9 0
3 Vinyl Concrete block Half to None C C C 16 0
4 Carpet Gypsum b A B B 6 3
4 Vinyl Gypsum Full B C C 11 6
4 Vinyl Gypsum Half to None C C C 19 −1
aA total of 14 zone parameters is fully defined in Table 20. Those not shown in this table were Load (SCL). The error band for Lights and People and Equipment is approximately 10%.
selected to achieve the minimum error band shown in the righthand column for Solar Cooling bThe effect of inside shade is negligible in this case.