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Coolingdegreedays(CDD)areusedtogiveanindicationoftheeffectofoutsideairtemperature
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onbuildingenergyconsumptionduringaspecifiedperiodoftime.Theyrepresentthenumberof
degreesandnumberofdaysthattheoutsideairtemperatureataspecificlocationishigherthan Comfortinlowenergybuildings.
aspecifiedbasetemperature(orbalancepoint).Thisgivesanindicationofhowmuchcoolingwill Computationalfluiddynamics.
berequiredinthebuilding. Energytargets.
Heatstress.
Thebasetemperatureofabuildingisthetemperatureabovewhichitneedscooling,whichwill
Heatingdegreedays.
dependonthebuildingtypeanduse.
Passivebuildingdesign.
Postoccupancyevaluation.
Soforexample,ifthebasetemperatureis21degrees,andtheoutsideairtemperatureis30
degreesforeighthours(onethirdofaday),thenthatrepresents3coolingdegreedays((3021)x Solargain.
1/3=3).
Addingupthecoolingdegreedayscangiveaweekly,monthlyorannualfigure.
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Coolingdegreedayscanbefoundforlocationswithpubliclyavailablemeteorologicaldataandso
itisnecessarytolocateanaccurateweatherstation,withgoodhistoricaldataclosetothesite Buildingoftheweek
beinginvestigated,orincircumstancessimilartothesitebeinginvestigated.Weatherstation
datasuchasthatavailablefromairportsisoftenconsideredtobethehighestquality.
WebsitessuchasDegreeDays(http://www.degreedays.net/)Netcanbeusedtocalculate
coolingdegreedaysforagivenlocationandbasetemperature.
Dataisalsoavailabletoallowcalculationofheatingdegreedaysrepresentingthenumberof
degreesanddaystheoutsidetemperatureisbelowthebasetemperatureandgrowingdegree
days,basedonthetemperaturerangewithinwhichplantswillgrow.
Heatingandcoolingdegreedayscanbeusedtohelpassessorcomparedifferentpotentialsites
fordevelopment.Theycanalsobeusedasawayofnormalisingweatherbetweendifferentsites, Oneofthelargestchurchesintheworld,the
allowingcomparisonoftheperformanceofdifferentbuildings,orfornormalisingweatherbetween monumentalSt.Peter'sBasilica.
differentyearstoassessthechangeinperformanceofabuilding.
However,despitebeingaverysimpleconcept,theyaredifficulttouseeffectivelyinpractice, Thermalcomfortandwellbeing
anddonotalwaysprovideaneffectivewayofinfluencingdesigndecisions.Therecanbe
difficultyseparatingoutheatingandcoolingenergyconsumptionfromoverallenergy
consumption,andheatingandcoolingrequirementsareinfluencedbyotherfactorssuchas
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otherheatsources(includingpeople,lighting,equipmentandsolargain),thermalmass,thermal
insulationandsoon.Inaddition,heatingandcoolinginputstendtobeintermittentratherthan
continuous,andbuildingsarenotnecessarilyalwaysoccupied.
Itispossibletotakeaccountofthesemattersincalculationsandthroughtheuseofsub
metering,butthiscanbecomeaverycomplicatedprocess,basedonadeceptivelysimple
indicator.Theuseofdegreedaysshouldbetreatedwithcautionaspartofabroaderprocessof
analysis,providingageneralindicatorfororderofmagnitudeassessmentsratherthanfor
accurate,detailedcomparisons. Howthermalcomfortisquantifiedandhowit
canaffectwellbeing.
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