3.2.5 Calendar

Year for Analysis

Applicability

All projects

Definition

The calendar year to be used for the annual energy simulations. This input determines the correspondence between days of the week and the days on which weather events on the weather tape occur and has no other impact.

Units

List: choose a year (other than a leap year).

Input Restrictions

Any calendar year that does not include a leap year.

Baseline Rules

Same calendar year as the proposed design

 

Schedule of Holidays

Applicability

All projects

Definition

A list of dates on which holidays are observed and on which holiday schedules are used in the simulations

Units

Data structure

Input Restrictions

The following ten holidays represent the default set. When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the holiday is observed on the Friday proceeding the Saturday. If the holiday falls on a Sunday, the holiday is observed on the following Monday.

New Years Day

January 1

Martin Luther King Day

Third Monday in January

Presidents Day

Third Monday in February

Memorial Day

Last Monday in May

Independence Day

July 4

Labor Day

First Monday in September

Columbus Day

Second Monday in October

Veterans Day

November 11

Thanksgiving Day

Fourth Thursday in November

Christmas Day

December 25

Other holiday sets may be observed when input by the user.

Baseline Rules

The baseline building model shall observe the same holidays specified for the proposed design

90.1-2019

Year for Analysis

Applicability

All projects

Definition

The calendar year to be used for the annual energy simulations. This input determines the correspondence between days of the week and the days on which weather events on the weather tape occur and has no other impact.

Units

List: choose a year (other than a leap year

Input Restrictions

Allow any year other than a leap year

Baseline Building

Same calendar year as the proposed design

 

Schedule of Holidays

Applicability

All projects

Definition

A list of dates on which holidays are observed and on which holiday schedules are used in the simulations

Units

Data structure

Input Restrictions

The following 10 holidays represent the default set for US holidays. When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the holiday is observed on the Friday preceding the Saturday. If the holiday falls on a Sunday, the holiday is observed on the following Monday. The default holidays can be modified and additional holidays can be defined.
 

                New Year’s Day                                  January 1
                Martin Luther King Day                    Third Monday in January
                Presidents Day                                     Third Monday in February
                Memorial Day                                      Last Monday in May
                Independence Day                              July 4
                Labor Day                                             First Monday in September
                Columbus Day                                     Second Monday in October
                Veterans Day                                       November 11
                Thanksgiving Day                               Fourth Thursday in November
                Christmas Day                                     December 25