Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
 | 1 | initial version |
For Title 24, Energy Pro employs the simplified geometry method rather than the detailed approach, which doesn't take into account the spatial awareness of elements (walls, roofs, etc.) and can't run the daylighting engine to calculate it properly so the option isn't available. That said, the baseline you are compared against will be a baseline with the same simplified geometry and also won't have daylighting controls so you aren't penalized for it. If your daylighting controls are above and beyond Title 24 prescriptive requirements then using Energy Pro will limit your ability to take credit for this.
| | 2 | No.2 Revision |
For Title 24, Energy Pro employs the simplified geometry method rather than the detailed approach, which doesn't take into account the spatial awareness of elements (walls, roofs, etc.) and can't run the daylighting engine to calculate it properly so the option isn't available. That said, the baseline you are compared against will be a baseline with the same simplified geometry and also won't have daylighting controls so you aren't penalized for it. If your daylighting controls are above and beyond Title 24 prescriptive requirements then using Energy Pro will limit your ability to take credit for this.
