HAP

HOURLY ANALYSIS PROGRAM

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Carrier offers HVAC
Software solutions to help
the HVAC Design
Professional estimate
building loads and HVAC
system loads.

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Hourly Analysis
Program is developed by
National Institute of Build
ing Sciences
and is used by 739 users
of Software Informer. The
most popular versions of
this product among our
users are: 4.0, 4.1, 4.2,
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4.3, 4.4 and 4.5

Energy Analysis Features:
1. HAP performs a true hour-
by-hour energy analysis, using
measured weather data for all
8,760 hours of the year to
calculate building heat
transfer and loads, air system
operation, and plant
equipment operation.
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2. Hourly energy consumption
by HVAC components (e.g.,
compressors, fans, pumps,
heating elements) and non-HVAC
components (e.g., lighting, office
equipment, machinery) is
tabulated to determine the total
building energy use profile as
well as daily and monthly totals.
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Hardware Requirements:

Operating System: Microsoft Windows

98, NT, 2000, XP, Vista or Windows 7

Random Access Memory (RAM): At least

64 MB.

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Display Monitor: VGA with
at least 800 x 600
resolution and 256 colors.

A CD-ROM Drive

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CIVIL PLAN

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 CALCULATIONS

AREA OF THE ROOM = 4 X 7.15 X 10.75 = 307sqft

AREA OF SW Wall = 4 X 3.28 X 10.75 = 131.2ft
AREA OF SW GLASS: WIDTH = 2.36 X 3.28 = 7.7ft
HEIGHT = 2 X 3.28 = 6.56ft

PARTITION: 1.3 + 2.6 = 3.9

3.9 X 3.28 X 10.75’ = 128ft

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Please Click on OK
to begin 11
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Right Click on UNTITLED and go for
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properties
Enter the Project related Details shown
Below

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Right Click on Weather option and click
on properties

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Click on the Drop down list given for region to select our own
region.

Similarly Click on the Drop down list given for Location and City
to select our own Location and city as per the requirement.

Latitude, Longitude, Elevation, Summer DB & WB, Winter DB &

WB and Daily range etc are filled automatically after entering
Region, Location and City.

Then click on OK and proceed 15

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Right click on Spaces and click on New to enter
the data in Spaces

Enter the details as per the requirements 16

as shown above.
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 Click on Internals tab to enter
the data

Fill up the details as shown above. 17

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Click on Walls, Windows, Doors tab and fill
the details

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Click on Roofs, Skylights tab and fill the
details

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Click on Infiltration tab and fill the
details

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Click on Floors tab and fill the
details

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 Click on Partitions tab and fill the
details

Click on OK and proceed 22

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Right click on Systems and click on New to enter
the data in Systems

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Click on System Components tab and click on
Duct System to enter Sensible and latent
heat

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Click on Zone Components tab and add the
assignments

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Click on Thermostat and create a schedule in
Zone Components

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Click on Sizing Data tab and enter the
values

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Click on
OK
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How to Save the Project?
Click on Archive Button “A”

A message box is shown below which

confirms to save the project or not.
Just click on “OK” to save your project

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The below message box will be displayed
which will ask you the “Project Name” to save
it internally within the HAP Software

Click on “Save” then

another message box will
be displayed on your
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The option is given to you if you want to save
the project in your system also, apart from
HAP

Give the destination folder to save the file

in your computer
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Below message box confirms that
your project is saved successfully

Go to the desktop where you can

find the file which was saved
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Click on Sizing Data tab and
enter the values

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Click on
OK
To view the output select the particular
item from the systems and click on “View
Design Reports”

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Click on “Preview” option to view the
output

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Click on “Preview” option to
view the output

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 This is how the output looks
like

Tonnage and Maximum Block CFM

is shown above in the Word
Document
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 How to Retrieve the same
project ?

After opening HAP the above message box

will be displayed Automatically. Click on
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Another method is to click on Retrieve
“R” option after opening HAP

Click on
“R”

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We’ll get the option to retrieve the file where
we have saved.

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Open
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“Retrieve”
A message box is shown and
the project is retrieved
successfully

Click on
OK

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THANKS A LOT
FOR YOUR
PATIENCE
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