Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
 | 1 | initial version |
The Review of Pre-and Post-1980 Buildings in CBECS – HVAC Equipment has details about the specific reasons that certain HVAC systems are used for certain building types, as well as why the hotel, for example, uses two different systems (on page 19). It appears that the modelers based their decisions on the statistical likelihood of a type of HVAC system being implemented in a certain living space, and only put multiple types of systems in a building if the data showed a clear divide.
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The Review of Pre-and Pre- and Post-1980 Buildings in CBECS – HVAC Equipment has details about the specific reasons that certain HVAC systems are used for certain building types, as well as why the hotel, for example, uses two different systems (on page 19). It appears that the modelers based their decisions on the statistical likelihood of a type of HVAC system being implemented in a certain living space, and only put multiple types of systems in a building if the data showed a clear divide.
