The Home Energy Scoring tool uses a different hot water use model from that in HES professional/consumer. Total Hot water used
remains the sum of clothes washer, dishwasher and fixture related usage, but the individual factors are calculated differently. Rather than take inputs for the number of occupants or frequency of cleaning appliance use, the Scoring Tool
takes the number of bedrooms as a proxy of occupancy, using the Building America calculation
method (Hendron, R. and Engebrecht 2010). More details on our methodology in this background report. The calculation of hot water use is given in equation 1: Water use by fixtures depends upon two factors; the base water consumption, which is calculated from the number of bedrooms, and the proportion of hot water used. This is shown in equations 2-4:HWgpd = Fixturegpd + CWgpd + DWgpd - Equation 1 Where: HWgpd = Total hot water use in gallons per day CWgpd = hot water use by clothes washers in gallons per day DWgpd = hot water use by dishwashers in gallons per day Fixturegpd = hot water use by fixtures in gallons per day
Fixturegpd = Basegpd * fmix - Equation 2:
Basegpd = Base water consumption in gallons per day = 30 + (10 * Nbed) - Equation 3: fmix = 1 - (Tempset - Tempuse) / (Tempset - Tempin) - Equation 4: Where: Fixturegpd = hot water use by fixtures in gallons per day
fmix = the fraction of total water use that is hot water Basegpd = Base water consumption in gallons per day, both hot and cold Nbed = user entered number of bedrooms Tempset = water heater set point_temp, degrees F. = 120 Tempuse = hot water use temperature, degrees F. = 105 Tempin = water heater inlet temp (from weather file) Calculation of the hot water use by appliances is described on separate pages: Clothes Washers Dishwashers.
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