Example: Design day cooling load calculations

For the commercial building located in St. Louis, Missouri and described below. Determine
the sensible and latent cooling load at 4:00pm on July 21 for an inside design temperature
of 75 ºF and 55% RH.

100´

N 40´ 10´ high window

window
door

Wall: 1 inch dark stucco on 8 inch l.w. concrete block, U≈0.31

U = 0.31; principal material C7, table 8-22b, wall type 4, mass evenly distributed
From table 8-21:
𝑅𝑅 = 0.33
� + 0.21
�+⏟ 2 + 0.15
� + 0.69
� = 3.38
𝐴𝐴0 𝐴𝐴1 𝐶𝐶7 𝐸𝐸1 𝐸𝐸0

Outside film + 1” stucco + 8” concrete + 3/4” gypsum + inside film

Roof: 6 inch h.w. concrete, 2.0 inch insulation with suspended ceiling, U≈0.11

Door: 2 in solid wood, U=0.42, A=40ft2

U = 0.11
principal material C12, 2” h.w. concrete or thicker; table 8-20, mass outside
insulation with suspended ceiling, roof type 4:
𝑅𝑅 = 0.33
� + 0.05
� + 0.29
� + 0.5
� + 0.0
� + 6.67
� + 1.79
� + 0.69
� = 10.32
𝐴𝐴0 𝐸𝐸2 𝐸𝐸3 𝐶𝐶13 𝐴𝐴3 𝐵𝐵6 𝐸𝐸5 𝐸𝐸0

Outside film +slag or stone + membrane + concrete + steel deck + 2”

insulation + acoustic tile + inside film
 Windows: south: 1/8 inch sheet glass, half drawn white roller shades, A=120ft2

U = 0.98 (Table 5-8a) wood frame

West: Insulating double glass, ¼ inch air space, no shades; A=240ft2

U = 0.55 (Table 5-8a) wood frame

People: 35 at moderate office activity, 8:00am – 16:00pm = 8 hours

Lights: 5600W, fluorescent, 8:00am – 18:00pm = 10 hours ON

Infiltration: ½ air changes per hour

Solution:
For St. Louis, outdoor deign: 94 ºF db / 75 ºF wb, 21 ºF DR; ∴ 𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 = 83.5℉
Inside design: 75 ºF and 55% RH
[𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶]𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 = 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 + (78 − 75) + (83.5 − 85) = 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 + 1.5℉

CLTD Load at 4pm

Wall/roof/door U A CLTDcor qcoolingload

East Wall 40+1.5
0.31 1000 12,865 BH
(Type4) (Table 8-19)
North Wall
0.31 400 22+1.5 2,914
(Type4)
West Wall 1000-240(W)-
0.31 30+1.5 7031
(Type4) 40(D)
South Wall
0.31 400-120(W) 36+1.5 3,255
(Type4)
14+1.5
Door 0.42 40 260
(Table8-23)
74+1.5
Roof (Type4) 0.096 4000 28,922
(table8-18)

Sub. Total: 55,317 BH

Transmission heat gains

Glass Exposure Cooling Load at 4pm

South South West Notes

(shade)
A 60 60 240 On half of south window is
U 0.98 0.98 0.55 shaded.
CLTDcor 14+1.5 14+1.5 14+1.5 1.5 ºF correction
qc,con 911 911 2046 𝑞𝑞𝑐𝑐 = 𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈(𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶)𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
SCL 35 35 154 Single story bldg; 4 exposed walls,
(Btu/hr ft2) vinyl floor – Zone type 4 (from
table 8-25a), read SCL from 8-24.
SC 0.39 1.0 0.88 Read SC from Table 6-3
(Table6-4) (Insulating glass)
qc,solar 819 2100 32,525 𝑞𝑞𝑐𝑐 = 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴(𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆)
SCL are for N36 St. Louis N40
qc,total 1730 3000 34,571 (∴approximate; could use better
data if available)

Sub. Total: 39,301 BH

Transmission heat gains

Lighting: Zone type C

𝑞𝑞𝐿𝐿 = 3.41 ∗ 𝑊𝑊 ∗ 𝐹𝐹𝑢𝑢 ∗ 𝐹𝐹𝑆𝑆 ∗ 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶(𝑡𝑡) = 3.41 ∗ 5600 ∗ 1 ∗ 1.2 ∗ 0.92

� = 21,082 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵
𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶(16)
Table 8-27, (10 hours on and 8hours after) = 0.92

Infiltration:
1 4000∗10
Sensible: 𝑞𝑞𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖,𝑠𝑠 = 2 ∗ ���
��� � ∗ 1.08 ∗ (94 − 75) =
60 ��
���
6840 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵
𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖
𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐

1 4000∗10
Latent: 𝑞𝑞𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖,𝑙𝑙 = 2 ∗ � 60
��� ∗ (𝑊𝑊𝑜𝑜 − 𝑊𝑊𝑖𝑖 ) =
� ∗ 4840 ���
6970 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵
𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖

94db/75wb = 0.0144 (Psychometric Chart) 94db, 55%RH = 0.0102

People:

Sensible: 𝑞𝑞𝑃𝑃,𝑠𝑠 = 35 ∗ 245 ∗ 0.91 = 7803 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵

Table 8-26, Type C, (8 hours in and 8hours after)

Latent: 𝑞𝑞𝑃𝑃,𝑙𝑙 = 35 ∗ 155 = ���

5425 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵
𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖

Total Load:

𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆: 55,317
����� + 39,301
����� + 21,082
����� + 6,840
��� + 7,803
��� = 130,343 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵
𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙ℎ𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝

𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿: 6,970
��� + 5,425
��� = 12,395 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵
𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝

130,343 + 12,395
𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶: = 11.895 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 (42 kW)
12000