ASTM_E_1410_-_91_2005.pdf

Designation:E 1410 91(Reapproved 2005)An American National StandardStandard Practice forSpecifying Data for Evaluation of Energy Used inResidential Buildings1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 1410;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon(e)indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This practice covers the measurement of energy used forspace conditioning and domestic water heating in both singleand multifamily buildings.It is intended to assist those whodesign test methods for field monitoring projects.It establishesa uniform set of guidelines for specifying the data needed toevaluate energy used for space conditioning and domesticwater heating in residential buildings,and is intended topromote the exchange of data and to improve measurementpractices.1.2 This practice neither specifies the complete experimen-tal design nor defines the data analysis technique to be used.1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2C 1060 Practice for Thermographic Inspection of InsulationInstallations in Envelope Cavities of Frame BuildingsE 631 Terminology of Building ConstructionsE 741 Test Method for Determining Air Change in a SingleZone by Means of Tracer Gas DilutionE 779 Test Method for Determining Air Leakage Rate byFan Pressurization2.2ANSI/ASHRAE Standards:3ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 101:Application of InfraredSensing Devices to the Assessment of Building Heat LossCharacteristicsANSI/ASHRAE Standard 103:Methods of Testing forHeating Seasonal Efficiency of Central Furnaces andBoilersANSI/ASHRAE Standard 116:Methods of Testing for Sea-sonal Efficiency of Unitary Air Conditioners and HeatPumps2.3Other Standards:US/DOE 10CFR 430.22(e)Appliance Efficiency Standards43.Terminology3.1 Terms in this standard are defined in TerminologyE 631.4.Significance and Use4.1 Variations in the building envelope,indoor temperature,weather,occupant behavior,and equipment performance cancause large variations in energy performance.In order todetermine whether a new building performs as designed,orwhether a retrofit of an existing building saves energy aspredicted,the measured energy performance must be adjustedto standard conditions.This practice describes the kinds of datathat must be collected to perform such an adjustment,but doesnot describe the necessary adjustment.4.2 At present,insufficient data are available to assess thein-situ effectiveness of most energy-saving techniques.Gath-ering and storing energy-use data in a standard format wouldallow the development of a database and facilitate such anassessment.This practice contains a recommended format forthe storage of data.4.3 This practice is to be used in the development of anexperimental design to measure the energy used for spaceconditioning and domestic water heating of a residentialbuilding.The set of parameters to be collected depends on the1This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Perfor-mance of Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.25 onWhole Buildings and Facilities.Current edition approved May 1,2005.Published May 2005.Originallyapproved in 1991.Last previous edition approved in 1997 as E 1410 91(1997).2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3Available from American Society of Heating,Refrigerating,and Air-Conditioning Engineers,Inc.(ASHRAE),1791 Tullie Circle,NE,Atlanta,GA30329.4Available from the Superintendent of Documents,U.S.Government PrintingOffice,Washington,D.C.20402.U.S.Department of Energy,Report No.DOE/CE-0220.Title 10Energy,Chapter 11Department of Energy,SubchapterDEnergy Conservation.Part 430Energy Conservation Program for ConsumerProducts.1Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959,United States.analysis technique that will be used.Details of experimentaldesign may be found in:Guiding Principles Concerning Designof Experiments,and Measuring Techniques;5MonitoringMethodology Handbook for Residential HVAC Systems;6andMonitoring the Performance of Solar Heated and CooledBuildings,Vols 1 and 2.74.4 The user of this practice needs to be familiar with thefundamental techniques of energy monitoring.5.Data Acquisition5.1 The parameters that must be collected to evaluate theenergy consumption of heating,cooling,and domestic hotwater(DHW)systems are shown in the following