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Change in Infiltration and Ventilation Rate in IECC 2018 residential single-family prototype

I’m working with IECC 2018 residential single-family prototype and I’m trying to change the infiltration and ventilation rate to fit the Passive House requirement. I’ve changed the infiltration here "Zone Airflow> ZoneInfiltration:DesignFlowRate” and ventilation rate here “Zone Airflow> ZoneVentilation:DesignFlowRate”, but I believe because they are modeled in “AirflowNetwork” for infiltration and ventilation, Energyplus still ignores my new settings, because the infiltration for PH is just one value. I’m not sure how to adapt the advanced method to Passive House requirements. BTW, I have activated ERV in the model.

Same question for ventilation rate.

Change in Infiltration and Ventilation Rate in IECC 2018 residential single-family prototype

I’m working with IECC 2018 residential single-family prototype and I’m trying to change the infiltration and ventilation rate to fit the Passive House requirement. I’ve changed the infiltration here "Zone Airflow> ZoneInfiltration:DesignFlowRate” and ventilation rate here “Zone Airflow> ZoneVentilation:DesignFlowRate”, but I believe because they are modeled in “AirflowNetwork” for infiltration and ventilation, Energyplus still ignores my new settings, because the infiltration for PH is just one value. I’m not sure how to adapt the advanced method to Passive House requirements. BTW, I have activated ERV in the model.

Same question for ventilation rate.

Change in Infiltration and Ventilation Rate in IECC 2018 residential single-family prototype

EnergyPlus: I’m working with IECC 2018 residential single-family prototype and I’m trying to change the infiltration and ventilation rate to fit the Passive House requirement. I’ve changed the infiltration here "Zone Airflow> ZoneInfiltration:DesignFlowRate” and ventilation rate here “Zone Airflow> ZoneVentilation:DesignFlowRate”, but I believe because they are modeled in “AirflowNetwork” for infiltration and ventilation, Energyplus still ignores my new settings, because the infiltration for PH is just one value. I’m not sure how to adapt the advanced method to Passive House requirements. BTW, I have activated ERV in the model.

Same question for ventilation rate.