
Discover the hourly analysis program (HAP) for load calculation and energy analysis using the ASHRAE standard, with project setup and .e3a file workflows.
Explore how the HAP software toolbar handles project tasks, data editing with duplicate, delete, replace, rotate, and view modes, and how weather properties and design parameters drive energy analysis.
Explore project libraries for schedules, walls, roofs, windows and doors, and configure internal loads, including lighting, equipment, and people profiles, using 24-hour scheduling and profile assignments.
Learn to build door and window schedules in HAP software, input dimensions, materials, U-factors, shade coefficients, and overhangs for accurate heat load and energy analysis.
Define HVAC system boundaries in HAP software, evaluate heat gains from infiltration, floors, ceilings, walls, and partitions for conditioned and unconditioned spaces, and size the system using load calculations.
Set up a hap project by selecting 2010 ventilation standard and 90.11 energy standards for India, New Delhi, define location, lighting profile, wall and window properties, and hvac system settings.
Explore energy analysis in hap with hour-by-hour simulation and cost estimation for hvac and non-hvac systems. Leverage weather, building, equipment, and utility rate wizards to generate detailed simulation reports.
System components are sized using System-Based Design, which tailors sizing procedures to the specific system type. Energy modeling uses full 8760 hours-per-year analysis to evaluate the operation of a wide variety of HVAC system types.
HAP is designed for consulting engineers, design/build contractors, HVAC contractors, facility engineers and other professionals involved in the design and analysis of commercial building HVAC systems. The program is a powerful tool for designing systems and sizing system components as well as modeling annual energy performance and energy costs.
Carrier's Hourly Analysis Program is two powerful tools in one package - versatile features for designing HVAC systems for commercial buildings AND powerful energy analysis capabilities for comparing energy consumption and energy costs of design alternatives.
By combining both tools in one package, significant time savings are achieved. Input data and results from system design calculations can be used directly in energy modeling studies.
HAP is designed for consulting engineers, design/build contractors, HVAC contractors, facility engineers and other professionals involved in the design and analysis of commercial building HVAC systems.
The program is a powerful tool for designing systems and sizing system components. HAP can easily handle projects involving:
Small to large commercial buildings;
Systems including rooftops, variable refrigerant flow (VRF) central air handlers, WSHPs, GSHPs, fan coils, chilled water and hot water plants and more;
Many types of constant volume and VAV system controls;
Small office buildings, retail stores, strip shopping centers, schools, churches, restaurants, large office buildings, hotels, malls, hospitals, factories, and multi-use buildings; and
New design, retrofit or energy conservation work.