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Mo
onthly Design Data
D
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e as an Autodesk Subscription
n Benefit.
Whe
en reviewin
ng an Autod
desk 360
0 Energy An
nalysis in th
he Results and Comp
pare dialog, this chart
prov
vides data about outd
door design
n conditionss. Use this data to und
derstand co
onditions th
hat affect lo
oad
calc
culations fo
or sizing of heating and cooling equipment.
e

Paramete
er
1% Cooling Dryy Bulb

Description
The
e outdoor drry-bulb temp
perature use
ed to calcula
ate cooling lo
oads. The 1% means th
hat
the
e outdoor tem
mperature will
w be excee
eded by 1% of the numb
ber of hours during a typ
pical
we
eather year.

Mon
nthly Averag
ge Daily The
e average daily
d
minimum and avera
age daily ma
aximum dry--bulb tempe
eratures for each
e
Min//Max
mo
onth.
Mea
an Dry Bulb

The
e average of
o all hourly dry-bulb
d
tem
mperatures fo
or the month
h.

Ann
nual 99% Dryy Bulb

The
e outdoor drry-bulb temp
perature use
ed to calcula
ate heating loads. The 99%
9
means that,
on average, the outdoor te
emperature will
w be exceeded for 99% of the hou
urs in a year.

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An
nnual Te
emperatu
ure Binss
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Whe
en reviewin
ng a Autode
esk 360 Energy
E
Ana
alysis in the
e Results and
a Compa
are dialog, this
t
graph
disp
plays the nu
umber of hours per ye
ear that dryy-bulb and wet-bulb
w
te
emperatures fall within
n a certain
tem
mperature ra
ange. This range is so
ometimes referred
r
to as
a a tempe
erature bin.

Use
e outdoor d
dry-bulb te
emperaturess (Tdb) an
nd wet-bulb
b temperatures (Twb)) to analyzze whetherr the
projject may b
be a candid
date for diifferent low
w-energy co
ooling stra
ategies, suc
ch as natu
ural ventilation,
eco
onomizers, or evapora
ative cooling
g systems.
Eco
onomizers save
s
on co
ooling enerrgy costs. If the therm
mostat calls for coolin
ng and the
e outdoor air
a is
coo
ol and dry, the econo
omizer circculates outtdoor air through the
e building without requiring the
e air
conditioning co
ompressorss to be use
ed.
Eva
aporative ccooling systems are effective
e
as long as the outside air is drry enough. However, the
pote
ential for evvaporative cooling deccreases as
s the wet-bu
ulb tempera
ature of the
e outdoor air
a increases.
Night-time ven
ntilation wo
orks well in hot, dry cliimates thatt experiencce large diu
urnal tempe
erature swings.
The
e building iss ventilated
d at night an
nd closed in the morning to retain the cool air.
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Diu
urnal We
eather Average
A
s
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Whe
en reviewin
ng an Autod
desk 360
0 Energy An
nalysis in th
he Results and Comp
pare dialog, this chart
trac
cks annual averages for
f tempera
ature and so
olar radiatio
on. The y-a
axis on the left is the temperatur
t
e,
and
d the y-axis on the righ
ht is the solar radiation
n in BTUs per
p hour pe
er area.

Paramete
er

Description

Tem
mperature - D
Dry
Bulb
b

Da
aily averagess of dry-bulb
b temperaturre for the en
ntire year.

Tem
mperature - W
Wet
Bulb
b

Da
aily averagess of wet-bulb
b temperature for the en
ntire year.

Diffu
use Solar

The
e portion of solar radiatiion that is sccattered dow
wnward in th
he atmosphe
ere.
On
n clear days,, diffuse radiiation is abo
out 10% of th
he total sola
ar radiation reaching
r
the
e
earrth's surface
e. On extrem
mely overcasst days, the portion of diiffuse radiatiion may be
clo
ose to 100%.

Dire
ect Solar

The
e componen
nt of solar ra
adiation reacching the ea
arth's surface
e from the direction of th
he
sun
n that has no
ot been refra
acted, refleccted, or scatttered.

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Hu
umidity
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Whe
en reviewin
ng a conceptual energ
gy analysis
s in the Ressults and Compare
C
dia
alog, this chart
c
showss the
ann
nual range of relative
e humidity. Relative humidity
h
iss the amou
unt of wate
er vapor th
hat exists in a
gas
seous mixtu
ure of air an
nd water va
apor.

Bec
cause the h
humidity ca
an vary greatly throughout the co
ourse of on
ne day, and
d is typicallly higher in
n the
morrnings, the chart show
ws the morn
ning averag
ge and the afternoon average.
a
The
e mean daily range iss the differrence betw
ween the averages
a
off the daily maximum and minim
mum
rela
ative humid
dity for the month. Th
he full rang
ge is a reccord of the
e absolute maximum and minim
mum
rela
ative humidity for the month.
m
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