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  1.                     INTRODUCTION TO MICROPAS 1.0:
  2.       A MICROCOMPUTER PROGRAM FOR BUILDING DESIGN ANALYSIS
  3.                              7/22/83
  4.  
  5. Thσá Statσá oµá Californiß ha≤ developeΣ ßá microcompute≥á energ∙ ì
  6. analysi≤ program¼ calleΣ MICROPAS¼ capablσ oµ performinτ buildinτ ì
  7. energ∙á desigεá analysi≤á anΣá documentinτá compliancσá witΦá thσ ì
  8. Californißáá Titlσá 2┤á Residentia∞á Buildinτá Energ∙á Standards«  ì
  9. MICROPA╙á i≤á ßá publiπá domaiεá program¼áá whicΦá i≤á no≈á beinτ ì
  10. distributeΣ b∙ thσ Californiß Energ∙ Commission«á  Microcomputer≤ ì
  11. arσ becominτ popula≥ iε thσ buildinτ industry¼á anΣ arσ replacinτ ì
  12. botΦá large≥ compute≥ system≤ anΣ hanΣ calculatioε technique≤á oµ ì
  13. analyzinτ buildinτ energ∙ use«á  MICROPA╙ i≤ intendeΣ t∩á providσ ì
  14. thσ sophisticatioε oµ largσ compute≥ programs¼ anΣ ye⌠ incoporatσ ì
  15. thσ easσ oµ usσ oµ simple≥ techniques.
  16.  
  17. MICROPA╙ caε estimatσ thσ performancσ oµ conventiona∞ residentia∞ ì
  18. building≤á a≤á wel∞ a≤ building≤ incorporatinτ passivσ sola≥á anΣ ì
  19. natura∞ coolinτ features«  MICROPA╙ i≤ intendeΣ fo≥ usσ b∙ member≤ ì
  20. oµá thσá buildinτ industr∙ sucΦá a≤á architects¼á engineers¼á anΣ ì
  21. builders¼ a≤ wel∞ a≤ an∙ othe≥ individual≤ o≥ publiπ groups¼ sucΦ ì
  22. a≤ regulator∙ agencies¼ utilities¼ anΣ educationa∞ institutions. ì
  23.  
  24. Considerablσ effor⌠ ha≤ beeε madσ t∩ simplif∙ thσ usσ oµ MICROPA╙ ì
  25. fo≥á practica∞ buildinτ desigε througΦ interactivσá input¼á erro≥ ì
  26. checking¼á anΣ ß User'≤ Manual«á  Eveε so¼ thσ MICROPA╙ use≥ wil∞ ì
  27. neeΣá t∩á havσá somσá knowledgσ oµ buildinτ hea⌠á los≤á anΣá gaiε ì
  28. calculations¼á anΣá familiarit∙á witΦá compute≥á buildinτá energ∙ ì
  29. analysi≤ programs.
  30.  
  31. Thσá Californiß Energ∙ Commissioε canno⌠ offe≥ technica∞á suppor⌠ ì
  32. bu⌠á woulΣá welcomσá (iεá writing⌐á noticσá oµá specifiπá errors¼ ì
  33. problems, and solutions.
  34.  
  35. THE MICROPAS SYSTEM
  36.  
  37. --INTERACTIV┼á INPUT--"Use≥á friendlyóá menu-driveεá inpu⌠áá witΦ ì
  38. extensive error checking.
  39.  
  40. --DOCUMENTATION--200 page User's Manual (available from the CEC).
  41.  
  42. --HOUR-BY-HOU╥ SIMULATION--MICROPA╙ i≤ aε hourl∙ simulatioε baseΣ ì
  43. oεá thσ CE├ versioε oµ CALPA╙ 1«á  ì
  44.  
  45. --PERFORMANCE--2░á minutσá ruεá timσ fo≥ ßá full-yea≥á ruεá oεá ß ì
  46. typica∞áá microcomputer¼áá shorte≥áá time≤áá fo≥áá partia∞áá yea≥ ì
  47. parametrica∞ runs.
  48.  
  49. --FLEXIBL┼á MODELING--Thσá complexit∙ oµ thσ buildinτá desigεá i≤ ì
  50. limited primarily by the user's knowledge of MICROPAS.
  51.  
  52. --WEATHE╥á DATA--MICROPA╙á use≤á weathe≥ datß fo≥á 1╢á Californiß ì
  53. climatσá zone≤ iε week-lonτ segment≤ statisticall∙ selecteΣá froφ ì
  54. actual weather tapes.
  55. èMODELING CAPABILITIES
  56.  
  57. --MULTI-ZONE--U≡á t∩á │á interconnecteΣá buildinτá zone≤á caεá bσ ì
  58. modeled at once.
  59.  
  60. --THERMA╠á MASS--U≡á t∩ ╡ user-defineΣ mas≤á elements¼á includinτ ì
  61. slaΓ oε grade¼á Trombσ wall¼ exterio≥ mas≤ wall¼ anΣ betweeε zonσ ì
  62. mass; using masonry, water or other materials.
  63.  
  64. --BUILDIN╟áá ENVELOPE--Glazinτáá anΣá opaquσá surface≤áá oµáá an∙ ì
  65. orientatioεá anΣ tilt«á  Shadinτ anΣ glazinτ treatment≤á include║ ì
  66. everhang¼á shutters¼á sunscreens«á  Als∩á includeΣ i≤á ßá shadinτ ì
  67. schedulσá t∩ mode∞ thσ effect≤ oµ sucΦ thing≤ a≤ tree≤ anΣá othe≥ ì
  68. buildings.
  69.  
  70. --HVA├áá SYSTEMS--Include≤áá conventiona∞á heatinτá anΣáá coolinτ ì
  71. systems¼á natua∞ anΣ fan-forceΣ ventilation¼á anΣ air-to-ai≥ hea⌠ ì
  72. exchangers«á  Thermosta⌠á setpoint≤á arσ variablσá anΣá ma∙á havσ ì
  73. multiple setbacks. 
  74.  
  75. MICROPAS OUTPUT
  76.  
  77. --ANNUA╠á ENERG┘ US┼ SUMMARY--Energ∙ consumptioε anΣ cost≤ witΦ ß ì
  78. comparisoεá t∩ thσ energ∙ budget≤ froφ thσ Titlσá 2┤á Residentia∞ ì
  79. Building Standards.
  80.  
  81. --PEA╦á HVA├á LOADS--Peaδá HVA├ load≤ fo≥á preliminar∙á equipmen⌠ ì
  82. sizing.
  83.  
  84. --GRAPHS--Plots of building and outdoor temperatures.
  85.  
  86. --TABULA╥áá OUTPUT--Fo≥áá hea⌠áá flows¼ááá temperatures¼áá energ∙ ì
  87. consumptioεá anΣá weathe≥á condition≤á oεá ßá hourly¼á daily¼á o≥ ì
  88. seasonal basis.
  89.  
  90. --INPU╘á DATA--Cop∙ oµ thσ inpu⌠ datß witΦ ß choicσá oµá "number≤ ì
  91. onlyóá o≥ formatteΣ cop∙  FormatteΣ cop∙ ha≤ ßá label/descriptioε ì
  92. of each input item.
  93.  
  94. COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS
  95.  
  96. --MICROCOMPUTER--An∙á 8080¼á 8085¼á o≥ Z8░ microprocesso≥ witΦ a⌠ ì
  97. leas⌠á 56╦á byte≤á o≥á usablσ RAM¼á runninτ unde≥á thσá CP/═á 2.▓ ì
  98. operatinτ system.
  99.  
  100. --DIS╦á STORAGE--▓á flopp∙á disδ drive≤á withßá combineΣá storagσ ì
  101. capacit∙ oµ 250╦ bytes«á T∩ avoiΣ exessivσ diskettσ switching¼ aε ì
  102. on-line disk storage capacity of 1000K is recommended.
  103.  
  104. --PRINTER--┴á mus⌠ fo≥ practica∞ energ∙á analysis«á  Thσá printe≥ ì
  105. should be capable of at least 80 characters per line.
  106.  
  107. --SOFTWARE--MICROPA╙áá require≤á thσá Microsof⌠á BASI├áá run-timσ ì
  108. package, BRUN.COM. 
  109. èMICROPA╙á wa≤ originall∙ developeΣ fo≥ thσ Officσ oµá Appropriatσ ì
  110. Technolog∙á througΦá ßá contrac⌠ witΦá ENERCOM╨á Buildinτá Energ∙ ì
  111. Analysis/Microcomputer Applications in Davis, California.
  112.  
  113. MICROPA╙á i≤ no≈ availablσ froφ thσ Conservatioε Divisioε oµá thσ ì
  114. Californiß Energ∙ Commission«á  Thσ packagσ include≤ thσ MICROPA╙ ì
  115. prograφá anΣá weathe≥á files¼á anΣ thσá MICROPA╙á User'≤á Manual«  ì
  116. Program≤ anΣ weathe≥ file≤ arσ delivereΣ oε 8-inch¼ single-sided¼ ì
  117. single-densit∙á flopp∙á diskettes«á  Thσ pricσ i≤ $30.0░ fo≥á thσ ì
  118. User'≤á Manua∞ (includinτ thσ MICROPA╙ prograφ iµ blanδ diskette≤ ì
  119. arσ maileΣ t∩ thσ CEC)«  
  120.  
  121. To order MICROPAS please contact:
  122.  
  123.                  MICROPAS
  124.                  California Energy Commission
  125.                  Conservation Division
  126.                  1516 Ninth Street
  127.                  Sacramento, CA 95814
  128.