Heating and Cooling Degree-Days Maps of Pakistan

Khuram Pervez Amber, Muhammad Waqar Aslam, Faraz Ikram, Anila Kousar, Hafiz Muhammad Ali, Naveed Akram, Kamran Afzal and Haroon Mushtaq
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Khuram Pervez Amber: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur 10250 (AJK), Pakistan
Muhammad Waqar Aslam: Department of Computer System Engineering, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur 10250 (AJK), Pakistan
Faraz Ikram: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur 10250 (AJK), Pakistan
Anila Kousar: Department of Electrical (Power) Engineering, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur 10250 (AJK), Pakistan
Hafiz Muhammad Ali: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Taxila 47080, Pakistan
Naveed Akram: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur 10250 (AJK), Pakistan
Kamran Afzal: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur 10250 (AJK), Pakistan
Haroon Mushtaq: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur 10250 (AJK), Pakistan

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: The building sector consumes about 40% of the world’s primary energy. Seasonal climatic conditions have a significant effect on the energy consumption in buildings. One of the famous methods used for decoding this seasonal variation in buildings energy consumption is the “Degree Days Method”. Data has been widely published for the heating and cooling degree days of different countries. Unfortunately, there is very limited and outdated published data for the heating and cooling degree-days of Pakistan. In this study, yearly average heating and cooling degree-days for different regions of Pakistan are established by using 30 year long-term measured data for different base temperatures. The data is presented in tables and figures whereas heating and cooling degree-day maps of Pakistan have been developed.

Keywords: degree days; Pakistan; energy consumption; forecasting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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