荷载计算是建筑物机械设备选型和布置的一个重要步骤。正确确定热负荷和冷负荷可确保设备尺寸合适，并确保后续系统设计高效。准确的负荷计算需要考虑几个过程的影响。其中包括通过建筑围护结构的热传递。当结合渗透和通风知识时，通过建筑围护结构的热传递描述了室外环境对室内环境的热影响，因此它是任何负荷计算中的一个重要部分。该项目的主要目标是以改进对流系数的形式，为工程和研究界提供关键的建筑、供暖、通风和空调设计参数。具体目标是:为带有天花板槽扩散器和地板供应登记器的房间的外墙对流换热开发对流关联，为新对流关联的应用开发指南。 在ASHRAE负载工具包中实现新的相关性。将相关性与ASHRAE基础知识手册中的现有材料相结合。

Load calculation is an integral step in the selection and layout of mechanical equipment in buildings. Proper determination of heating and cooling loads ensures properly sized equipment, and subsequent efficient systems design. Accurate load calculation entails the inclusion of the effects of several processes. Among these is heat transfer through building envelopes. When combined with knowledge of infiltration and ventilation, heat transfer through building envelopes describes the thermal effect that the outdoor environment has on the indoor environment, and thus it is an important part in any load calculation.The main objective of the project is to provide the engineering and research community with critical building, heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning design parameters in the form of improved convection coefficients. The specific objectives are:Develop convection correlations for convective heat transfer at external walls in rooms with ceiling slot diffusers and floor supply registersDevelop guidelines for the application of the new convection correlations.Implement the new correlations in the ASHRAE Loads Toolkit.Integrate the correlations with existing material in the ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals.