Thermostat setback effect in whole building performance

Tariku, Fitsum (Fitsum Tariku (Fitsum_Tariku)) (author)
Kumaran, Mavinkal, K. (author)
Fazio, Paul (author)
(editor)
(translator)

© 2008, F. Tariku, M. K. Kumaran, P. Fazio.

Proceedings of Building Physics Symposium: 29 October 2008, Leuven, Belgium. This paper describes the use of a whole building hygrothermal model (HAMFitPlus) to analyze the energy savings resulting from three programmable thermostat setting schemes in a real occupied residential house. It discusses the effect of these schemes on the indoor relative humidity and moisture performance. In the first thermostat-setting scheme, the indoor temperature is maintained constant at 21 at all time (no set-back). In the second thermostat-setting scheme, the indoor temperature is maintained at 21ºC from 7:00 to 21:00 h, and then setback to 17ºC for the remaining hours (21:00 to 7:00 h).

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