Table 1.
Cities selected for simulations.
| IECC Climate Zone | IECC Moisture Regime | State | City | Heating Design Day Temperature (99th Percentile) (°C) | Cooling Design Day Temperature (1st Percentile) (°C) | Mean Coincident Wet Bulb Temperature for Cooling Design Day (°C) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | FL | Miami | 11.1 | 32.7 | 25.3 |
| 2 | A | TX | Houston | 2.2 | 34.7 | 25.7 |
| 2 | B | AZ | Phoenix | 5.3 | 42.4 | 20.8 |
| 3 | A | GA | Atlanta | −3.1 | 33.1 | 23.3 |
| 3 | B-AC | CA | Los Angeles | 8 | 26.9 | 17.5 |
| 3 | C | CA | San Francisco | 5.2 | 25.6 | 16.6 |
| 3 | B | NV | Las Vegas | 1 | 41.3 | 19.5 |
| 4 | A | MD | Baltimore | −7.8 | 32.9 | 23.4 |
| 4 | B | NM | Albuquerque | −5.8 | 33.9 | 15.4 |
| 4 | C | WA | Seattle | −1.3 | 27.6 | 17.6 |
| 5 | A | IL | Chicago | −15.7 | 31.5 | 22.9 |
| 5 | B | CO | Denver | −14.1 | 33.2 | 15.5 |
| 6 | A | MN | Minneapolis | −21.2 | 31.1 | 22.2 |