Szewczuk, SConradie, Dirk CU2016-04-222016-04-222014-08Szewczuk, S and Conradie, D.C.U. 2014. Evaluation of four building energy analysis computer programs against ASHRAE standard 140-2007. In: International Conference on Industrial & Commercial Use of Energy, Cape Town, 18-20 August 2014, pp 157-164.http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=6904185http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8508Copyright: 2014 Energy Institute. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website.Agrément South Africa was established for the assessment and certification of innovative non-standardised construction products, systems, materials, components and processes, which are not fully covered by a South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) standard or code of practice. Agrément requested the CSIR to evaluate a range of building energy simulation computer programs. The standard against which these computer programs were to be evaluated was developed by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). The standard that was available at the start of these evaluations is known as ASHRAE Standard 140-2007. This paper describes the CSIR’s evaluation of four building energy simulation computer programs against ASHRAE Standard 140-2007. These computer programs are; BSIMAC, DesignBuilder, IES and Carrier. The results of these evaluations were compared against the BESTEST suite of resultsenAgrément South AfricaNon-standardised construction productsASHRAE standard 140-2007Building energy simulation computer programsDesignBuilderIESCarrierConference PresentationSzewczuk, S., & Conradie, D. C. (2014). Evaluation of four building energy analysis computer programs against ASHRAE standard 140-2007. Energy Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8508Szewczuk, S, and Dirk CU Conradie. "Evaluation of four building energy analysis computer programs against ASHRAE standard 140-2007." (2014): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8508Szewczuk S, Conradie DC, Evaluation of four building energy analysis computer programs against ASHRAE standard 140-2007; Energy Institute; 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8508 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Szewczuk, S AU - Conradie, Dirk CU AB - Agrément South Africa was established for the assessment and certification of innovative non-standardised construction products, systems, materials, components and processes, which are not fully covered by a South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) standard or code of practice. Agrément requested the CSIR to evaluate a range of building energy simulation computer programs. The standard against which these computer programs were to be evaluated was developed by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). The standard that was available at the start of these evaluations is known as ASHRAE Standard 140-2007. This paper describes the CSIR’s evaluation of four building energy simulation computer programs against ASHRAE Standard 140-2007. These computer programs are; BSIMAC, DesignBuilder, IES and Carrier. The results of these evaluations were compared against the BESTEST suite of results DA - 2014-08 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Agrément South Africa KW - Non-standardised construction products KW - ASHRAE standard 140-2007 KW - Building energy simulation computer programs KW - DesignBuilder KW - IES KW - Carrier LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2014 T1 - Evaluation of four building energy analysis computer programs against ASHRAE standard 140-2007 TI - Evaluation of four building energy analysis computer programs against ASHRAE standard 140-2007 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8508 ER -