Climate zone in Copenhagen, Denmark

Lise Dannesboe

Sustainability Manager

COWI

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February 10, 2014

Our office building is placed in Copenhagen, Denmark. Our question is which climate zone to use? Is it zone 5, zone 6 or can we use either one of those? - We are using a simulation Tool (IES-VE) which automatically suggests zone 6 as soon as Copenhagen is picked as location. - However, according to the ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007 table B-4 for international climate zone definitions we land in zone 5 with a HDD65F of 6288 hours.

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Marcus Sheffer

LEED Fellow

7group / Energy Opportunities

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Mon, 02/10/2014 - 14:07

No you don't get to pick one. If you are using the 90.1 baseline then you need to use the climate zone assignment from 90.1. It sounds like IES-VE is in error assuming your 6288 is correct. You might want to ask them why it is showing up in their software as a zone 6. Perhaps they have different HDD65F data?

Eleftherios Zacharakis

Environmental and Energy Consultant

WSP Environmental Sweden

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Mon, 02/10/2014 - 15:03

For a project located in the baltic area, we used the BSR/ASHRAE Addendum b to ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 169-2006 where there are maps of europe and the other continents and their climate zones. According to these maps, Copenhagen has climate zone 5A - cool humid.