Generation of a Test Reference Year for Alūksne, Latvia

Proceedings of the Latvia University of Agriculture 2015
Mārtiņš Ruduks, Arturs Lešinskis

Precise and reliable meteorological data are necessary for building performance analysis. Since meteorological conditions vary significantly from year to year, there is a need to create a test reference year (TRY), to represent the long-term weather conditions over a year. In this paper two different TRY data models were generated and compared: TRY and TRY-2. Both models where created by analysing every 3-hour weather data for a 30-year period (1984–2013) in Alūksne, Latvia, provided by the Latvian Environment Geology and Meteorology Centre (LEGMC). TRY model was generated according to standard LVS EN ISO 15927-4, but to create second model - TRY-2, 30 year average data were applied. The generated TRY contains typical months from a number of different years. The data gathered from TRY and TRY-2 models where compared with the climate data from the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers regulation No. 379, Regulations Regarding Latvian Building Code LBN 003-01. Average monthly temperature values in LBN 003-01 were lower than the TRY and TRY-2 values. The results of this study may be used in building energy simulations and heating-cooling load calculations for selected region. TRY selection process should include the most recent meteorological observations and should be periodically renewed to reflect the long-term climate change.

Atslēgas vārdi
test reference year; climate analysis, climate change, building energy simulations.
DOI
10.1515/plua-2015-0006
Hipersaite
http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/plua.2015.33.issue-1/plua-2015-0006/plua-2015-0006.xml

Ruduks, M., Lešinskis, A. Generation of a Test Reference Year for Alūksne, Latvia. Proceedings of the Latvia University of Agriculture, 2015, Vol.33, Iss.1, 46.-54.lpp. ISSN 2255-8535. Pieejams: doi:10.1515/plua-2015-0006

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