TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................ 1 Calculations of Cooling Load for Given House Design ........................................

PROPOSALS...................................................................................................................... 11 Calculations of Cooling Load for Proposed House Design .............................. 12

CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................. 17

INTRODUCTION In this assignment, we were given a detailed worked example which calculates the building cooling load for an air-conditioning system. Using this work example as a reference, we were to calculate the building cooling load for given design of a house. After the cooling load has been calculated, we then come up with a proposal for a new design of the house that could reduce the cooling load for the air-conditioning system. Calculations of the cooling load for the original house design are presented in this report. Proposals to reduce the cooling load are presented later in this report.

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Given cooling load 1. External (a) Heat gain through opaque surfaces (walls, roofs and doors) for each exterior wall

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(b) Heat gain through translucent surfaces (windows and skylights) for each window and skylight

(c) Heat gain due to infiltration of outside air through leaks

2. Internal (a) Heat gain due to occupants for each occupant

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(b) Heat gain due to artificial lighting for each lamp

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Cooling Load of Given Design

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PROPOSALS In order to reduce the cooling load of the air-conditioning system of the house, a new design of the house is proposed. There are few methods that could be used to reduce the cooling load and one of them is to reduce the overall perimeter of the house which will decrease the floor area of the house and therefore greatly decreasing the cooling load. However this method is not used because we do not want to sacrifice the floor area of the house as this would affect the market value of the house. Besides, the savings from the reduced cooling load could hardly cover the inconvenience caused. The other method that could be used is to reduce the cooling load factors such as CLTD and CLF, however this method is not used because the procedure to reduce the cooling load factors is complicated and references are needed to support the changes (insufficient acquired knowledge). The method which we used to reduce the cooling load is to decrease the internal and external heat gained by the house, and the only way we could do that is to come up with a proposal for a new design of the house. The new design of the house will have the following changes: 1. The Width of the Door is decreased from 1m to 0.8m. 2. The size of the North & South Windows is decreased from (2m 2m) to (1.5m 1.5m).

3. The amount of Windows in the East & West is decreased from 4 to 3. 4. The % of electrical appliances operating is reduced from 30% to 25%. By reducing the sizes of doors and window at North and South, heat gained by the house can be reduced because the entrance of sun rays into the house can be limited. Although the size reduction of the doors will increase the heat gained by opaque walls (qw) due to increased area of exterior wall (Aw), the heat gained is insignificant compared to the cooling load that is reduced because the heat gain through translucent surfaces (qG) is greatly reduced. The reduction of qG is caused by reduction of AG in all four directions of the house and AGS at east and west. All the calculations of the design of new cooling load will be presented in this report.

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We also proposed that the % of electrical appliance operating could be reduced from 30% to 25% so that HA can be reduced to decrease heat gain due to electrical appliances (qA). To achieve this, the occupants of the house should turn off unnecessary power usage whenever possible so that the cooling load can be minimized.

CALCULATIONS OF COOLING LOAD FOR PROPOSED HOUSE DESIGN 1.

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Proposed cooling load 1. External (a) Heat gain through opaque surfaces (walls, roofs and doors) for each exterior wall

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2. Internal (a) Heat gain due to occupants for each occupant

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Cooling load of proposed design

Daily difference in qDES

Yearly Difference in qDES

Percentage of Cooling Load Reduced

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CONCLUSION In conclusion, reduction in heat gain through doors and translucent object such as window will greatly reduce the cooling load of the air conditioning system of the house. With the proposal of a new design of the house, it is calculated that approximately 923.77w of cooling load can be reduced daily and this is equivalent to reduction of 377.18 kW in cooling load per year. The proposal of the new design of the house could reduce the cooling load of the air-conditioning system by 10.96%. Although the percentage of reduced cooling load is not much, but our objective is achieved, which is to propose a new design of house having lower cooling load.

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