建筑围护结构、供暖、通风和空调（HVAC）系统以及建筑居住者在动态的基础上相互作用，并与外部环境相互作用。这些相互作用导致内部和外部环境之间复杂的能量传递。为了降低建筑能耗，建筑系统的设计和分析应基于动态模型。预测建筑物内部动态条件的数学模型可以通过模拟热电路和能量平衡方法开发。Kaya（1976）报告了一种从模拟热电路开发分析模型的技术。 Mehta和Woods（1980）已经证明，基于模拟热电路的分析模型是有效的，但对于工程应用来说过于复杂。Mehta等人（1978年）利用能量平衡方法开发了一个合理的模型，用于对占用空间进行热力学分析。rational模型的概念已经在艾奥瓦州立大学能源研究所进行了开环和闭环模式的实验验证。本文报告了实验验证的结果。引文:研讨会，ASHRAE交易，第86卷，第2部分，科罗拉多州丹佛

Building envelopes, heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and building occupants interact with each other and with the exterior environment on a dynamic basis. The interactions result in a complex energy transfer between interior and exterior environments. To reduce energy consumption in buildings, design and analysis of building systems should be based on a dynamic model. Mathematical models to predict dynamic conditions inside a building can be developed from analog thermal circuits and from energy balance methods.Kaya (1976) has reported a technique to develop analytical models from analog thermal circuits. Mehta and Woods (1980) have shown that analytical models based on analog thermal circuits are valid, but too complex for engineering applications.Mehta et al. (1978) have developed a rational model from energy balance methods for thermodynamic analysis of occupied spaces. The concept of the rational model has been subjected to experimental validation in the Iowa State University Energy Research House, both in the open loop and closed loop modes. The results of the experimental validation are reported in this paper.