[Bldg-sim] Cooling Degree-Days For Jamaica

[Abraham Yezioro]

Hi,
Based on Kingston's EPW file of Onebuilding, the CDD above 10 C is 6448.
BTW, above 18 C is 3528.
Hope it helps.

Best,
-A.

On Sat, Nov 4, 2023 at 3:55 AM fraij via Bldg-sim <
bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org> wrote:

> Hello Paul,
>
> It might be difficult to find the CDD of Jamica based on 10 C but you can
> calculate it if you have the mean daily temperature over 365 days
>
> Regards
>
> Ahmad
>
>
>
> Sent from my Galaxy
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: "Paul A. Hay via Bldg-sim" <bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org>
> Date: 4/11/23 12:34 pm (GMT+10:00)
> To: bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
> Subject: [Bldg-sim] Cooling Degree-Days For Jamaica
>
> I am in the process of revising the Jamaica Energy Conservation Code and
> would appreciate any advise on the captioned matter.
>
> Jamaica's current building code classifies it as being in zone 1 of the
> International Energy Conservation Code (IECC): which is equivalent to the
> classification for Puerto Rico, U.S.Virgin Islands, and Hawaii.  However
> the 2021 IECC has introduced a new climatic zone '0' for extremely hot
> climates.  The previously mentioned islands have retained the zone 1
> classification.  So we wish to confirm whether the same applies to Jamaica.
>
> Based on the 2021 IECC definitions, their climate zones are dependent on
> the range of cooling degree-days (CDD) above 10 degrees Celsius (C), as
> follows:
>
> *Zone   Cooling Degree Days > 10 deg. C*
>
> *0          *CDD> 6,000
>
> *1           *5,000 < CDD < 6,000
>
> Jamaica's current code simply describes it's capital,Kingston, as having
> cooling degree-days above 18 deg. C. that is greater than 3,235.  Could any
> of you advise where I could find Jamaica's cooling degree days above 10
> deg. C., so that a decision can be made as to which climate zone is
> applicable?
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Abraham Yezioro, Arch, D.Sc.
Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning
Technion - IIT
Haifa, 32000. Israel
Tel: 972-4-8294044, Fax: 972-4-8294617
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