Overview

House Model
Heat Demands
Energy Use


Sheet 1: House Model

House at Carvalhal Pequeno



RdC 1st
l 21.5 13.25 m
w 8.75 6.5 m
h 2.5 2.5 m
footprint 188
m^2
gross wall surface 250
m^2
windows 30
m^2
walls 220
m^2
volume 686
m^3
Air change 2
per hour (total guess!)
shc air by volume 1000
kJ / m^3
air change W per Delta T 381
W/K

Sheet 2: Heat Demands

Heat Demand By Scenario, per degree difference to ambient














Cost Total Action
A 0 0 Baseline, U values are guesswork
B 10000 10000 Insulate roof, add R2
C 13000 23000 EWI/ETICS add R1.3
D 10000 33000 Replace windows with double glazed units






A B C D
U roof 1.20 0.35 0.35 0.35
U wall 1.20 1.20 0.47 0.47
U floor 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.20
U windows 4.00 4.00 4.00 1.20





Floor adjustment
0.5 Fudge: the ground temperature under the house does not change as fast as the outside temperature
ACH adjustment
0.5 Fudge: assume that replacing the windows fixes a major cause of ingress





Heat load per Delta T



H roof 226 66 66 66
H wall 264 264 103 103
H floor 113 113 113 113
H windows 120 120 120 36
H air 381 381 381 190
H total 1104 944 783 509

Sheet 3: Energy Use

Energy Loads, by average monthly temperature difference






















Avg temp diff. 3 9 12 15
Margin Capacity kW



H:A 3311 9932 13242 16553
25% 20.7
Baseline

H:B 2833 8498 11330 14163
25% 17.7
Insulate roof

H:C 2350 7050 9400 11749
25% 14.7
EWI

H:D 1527 4580 6106 7633
25% 9.5
Double glazing


W W W W






























Monthly Energy Demand




daily max




kWHrs:A 2384 7151 9534 11918
397




kWHrs:B 2039 6118 8158 10197
340




kWHrs:C 1692 5076 6768 8460
282




kWHrs:D 1099 3297 4396 5496
183










kWHr
















Total demands, simple climate 'model'




prices 0.1 0.06 0.05 0.035 €/kWHr
Months 2 1 1 0.5
annual oil 2013 oil 2015 pellet ashp COP3.5
kWHrs:A 4767 7151 9534 5959
27412 3289 1645 1371 959
kWHrs:B 4079 6118 8158 5099
23453 2814 1407 1173 821
kWHrs:C 3384 5076 6768 4230
19457 2335 1167 973 681
kWHrs:D 2198 3297 4396 2748
12640 1517 758 632 442






kWHr

























peak pellets









daily monthly annual







kg:A 83 1986 5711







kg:B 71 1700 4886







kg:C 59 1410 4054







kg:D 38 916 2633