6.2.5 Calendar

Year for Analysis
Applicability	All projects
Definition	The calendar year to be used for the annual energy simulations. This input determines the correspondence between days of the week and the days on which weather events on the weather tape occur and has no other impact.
Units	List: choose a year (other than a leap year).
Input Restrictions	Any calendar year that does not include a leap year.
Baseline Rules	Same calendar year as the proposed design

Schedule of Holidays
Applicability	All projects
Definition	A list of dates on which holidays are observed and on which holiday schedules are used in the simulations
Units	Data structure
Input Restrictions	The following ten holidays represent the default set. When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the holiday is observed on the Friday proceeding the Saturday. If the holiday falls on a Sunday, the holiday is observed on the following Monday. New Years Day January 1 Martin Luther King Day Third Monday in January Presidents Day Third Monday in February Memorial Day Last Monday in May Independence Day July 4 Labor Day First Monday in September Columbus Day Second Monday in October Veterans Day November 11 Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November Christmas Day December 25 Other holiday sets may be observed when input by the user.
Baseline Rules	The baseline building model shall observe the same holidays specified for the proposed design

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