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Why are the normalized loads for the same building different in different sites?

April 26, 2017building different loads normalized sites

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Why are the normalized loads for the same building different in different sites?

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They would be the same IF the balance point of the building was exactly 65 degrees in the heating season and 74 degrees in the cooling season (not true of most buildings), if there were no solar gains, and if there were no other energy affects which were not directly related to 24UA DD calculation. No one has yet found the perfect normalized factor (a number which for a given building would not change from site to site).