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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.  
  56. èMODELING CAPABILITIES
  57.  
  58. --MULTI-ZONE--U≡á t∩á │á interconnecteΣá buildinτá zone≤á caεá bσ ì
  59. modeled at once.
  60.  
  61. --THERMA╠á MASS--U≡á t∩ ╡ user-defineΣ mas≤á elements¼á includinτ ì
  62. slaΓ oε grade¼á Trombσ wall¼ exterio≥ mas≤ wall¼ anΣ betweeε zonσ ì
  63. mass; using masonry, water or other materials.
  64.  
  65. --BUILDIN╟áá ENVELOPE--Glazinτáá anΣá opaquσá surface≤áá oµáá an∙ ì
  66. orientatioεá anΣ tilt«á  Shadinτ anΣ glazinτ treatment≤á include║ ì
  67. everhang¼á shutters¼á sunscreens«á  Als∩á includeΣ i≤á ßá shadinτ ì
  68. schedulσá t∩ mode∞ thσ effect≤ oµ sucΦ thing≤ a≤ tree≤ anΣá othe≥ ì
  69. buildings.
  70.  
  71. --HVA├áá SYSTEMS--Include≤áá conventiona∞á heatinτá anΣáá coolinτ ì
  72. systems¼á natua∞ anΣ fan-forceΣ ventilation¼á anΣ air-to-ai≥ hea⌠ ì
  73. exchangers«á  Thermosta⌠á setpoint≤á arσ variablσá anΣá ma∙á havσ ì
  74. multiple setbacks. 
  75.  
  76. MICROPAS OUTPUT
  77.  
  78. --ANNUA╠á ENERG┘ US┼ SUMMARY--Energ∙ consumptioε anΣ cost≤ witΦ ß ì
  79. comparisoεá t∩ thσ energ∙ budget≤ froφ thσ Titlσá 2┤á Residentia∞ ì
  80. Building Standards.
  81.  
  82. --PEA╦á HVA├á LOADS--Peaδá HVA├ load≤ fo≥á preliminar∙á equipmen⌠ ì
  83. sizing.
  84.  
  85. --GRAPHS--Plots of building and outdoor temperatures.
  86.  
  87. --TABULA╥áá OUTPUT--Fo≥áá hea⌠áá flows¼ááá temperatures¼áá energ∙ ì
  88. consumptioεá anΣá weathe≥á condition≤á oεá ßá hourly¼á daily¼á o≥ ì
  89. seasonal basis.
  90.  
  91. --INPU╘á DATA--Cop∙ oµ thσ inpu⌠ datß witΦ ß choicσá oµá "number≤ ì
  92. onlyóá o≥ formatteΣ cop∙  FormatteΣ cop∙ ha≤ ßá label/descriptioε ì
  93. of each input item.
  94.  
  95. COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS
  96.  
  97. --MICROCOMPUTER--An∙á 8080¼á 8085¼á o≥ Z8░ microprocesso≥ witΦ a⌠ ì
  98. leas⌠á 56╦á byte≤á o≥á usablσ RAM¼á runninτ unde≥á thσá CP/═á 2.▓ ì
  99. operatinτ system.
  100.  
  101. --DIS╦á STORAGE--▓á flopp∙á disδ drive≤á withßá combineΣá storagσ ì
  102. capacit∙ oµ 250╦ bytes«á T∩ avoiΣ exessivσ diskettσ switching¼ aε ì
  103. on-line disk storage capacity of 1000K is recommended.
  104.  
  105. --PRINTER--┴á mus⌠ fo≥ practica∞ energ∙á analysis«á  Thσá printe≥ ì
  106. should be capable of at least 80 characters per line.
  107.  
  108. --SOFTWARE--MICROPA╙áá require≤á thσá Microsof⌠á BASI├áá run-timσ ì
  109. package, BRUN.COM. 
  110.  
  111. èMICROPA╙á wa≤ originall∙ developeΣ fo≥ thσ Officσ oµá Appropriatσ ì
  112. Technolog∙á througΦá ßá contrac⌠ witΦá ENERCOM╨á Buildinτá Energ∙ ì
  113. Analysis/Microcomputer Applications in Davis, California.
  114.  
  115. MICROPA╙á i≤ no≈ availablσ froφ thσ Conservatioε Divisioε oµá thσ ì
  116. Californiß Energ∙ Commission«á  Thσ packagσ include≤ thσ MICROPA╙ ì
  117. prograφá anΣá weathe≥á files¼á anΣ thσá MICROPA╙á User'≤á Manual«  ì
  118. Program≤ anΣ weathe≥ file≤ arσ delivereΣ oε 8-inch¼ single-sided¼ ì
  119. single-densit∙á flopp∙á diskettes«á  Thσ pricσ i≤ $30.0░ fo≥á thσ ì
  120. User'≤á Manua∞ (includinτ thσ MICROPA╙ prograφ iµ blanδ diskette≤ ì
  121. arσ maileΣ t∩ thσ CEC)«  
  122.  
  123. To order MICROPAS please contact:
  124.  
  125.                  MICROPAS
  126.                  California Energy Commission
  127.                  Conservation Division
  128.                  1516 Ninth Street
  129.                  Sacramento, CA 95814
  130.