Biological Plant Simulation

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I am considering to estimate the energy consumption in HVAC systems for shipping container based mushroom cultivation. For this project the environment of the shipping container has to maintain a certain temperature, CO2 and Humidity level. Also, mushrooms produce CO2, heat and humidity. There are external factors like temperature, humidity and CO2 level as well.

Questions are:

1. How to model the mushrooms as to generate certain heat, CO2 and humidity in the thermal zone using OpenStudio?

2. How can we setup the HVAC system properly that can control temperature, humidity and CO2 for the optimal condition of the mushrooms?

Thank you

Simulation Tool: OpenStudio 3.9.10 and SketchUp