MIL-HDBK-1011/2
APPENDIX B (continued)
CONTENTS
STEP
1
DETERMINING POTENTIAL FOR NATURAL COOLING .
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1.1
Building Bioclimatic Chart Transferred Onto
Four Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.1.1
The Natural Ventilation Boundary . . . . . .
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1.1.2
Thermal Mass and Thermal Mass with Nocturnal
Ventilation Boundaries . . . . . . . . . .
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1.1.3
Evaporative Cooling Boundary . . . . . . . .
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1.1.4
Climate Data from the National Climatic Data
Center (NCDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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STEP
2
DETERMINING THE APPROPRIATE COOLING STRATEGY . . . . . . .
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2.1
Annual Summary--Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.2
Monthly Summaries--Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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STEP
3
DETERMINING NEED FOR MECHANICAL AIR CONDITIONING . . . . .
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3.1
Annual Summary--Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.2
Monthly Summaries--Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . .
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STEP
4
DETERMINING NEED FOR AN INFILTRATION-RESISTANT ENVELOPE. .
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Annual Summary--Infiltration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.2
Monthly Summaries--Infiltration . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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STEP
5
DETERMINING NEED FOR HEATING EQUIPMENT
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5.1
Annual Summary--Heating . . . . . . .
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5.2
Monthly Summaries--Heating . . . . . .
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5.3
Using Thermal Mass for Heating . . . .
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STEP
6
DETERMINING THE MONTHLY FEASIBILITY OF A COOLING STRATEGY
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6.1
Feasibility of Natural Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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STEP
7
DETERMINING NEED FOR CEILING OR WHOLE-HOUSE FANS . . . . .
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7.1
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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FIGURES
Figure
B-1
Overlay 1--Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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B-2
Overlay 2--Thermal Mass and Nocturnal Ventilation . . .
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B-3
Overlay 3--Evaporative Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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B-4
Overlay 4--Determining the Air Conditioning Requirements
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B-5
Bioclimatic Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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B-6
Building Bioclimatic Chart--Relationship of Comfort Zone
Between the Bioclimatic Chart and the RUSSWO/SMOS
Psychrometric Summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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B-7
Determining the Cooling Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . .
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B-8
Determining Requirement for Open or
Infiltration-Resistant Envelope . . . . . . . . . . . .
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B-9
Determining Heating Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . .
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B-10
Preliminary Climatic Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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B-11
Climatic Analysis Summary Worksheet . . . . . . . . . .
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