Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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OpenStudio-HPXML, which is what ResStock uses to create building model input files, contains several arguments for specifying whether a dwelling unit’s walls (left, right, front, back), ceiling (below another apartment), and floor (above another apartment) are adiabatic or not. ResStock has probability distributions for describing the location of a dwelling unit within a multi-unit building. Samples from these distributions determine both the unit’s horizontal location (left, middle, right for single-family attached and multifamily buildings) as well as level (bottom, middle, top for multifamily buildings) relative to the building. Logic contained within the ResStockArguments measure uses these horizontal location and level arguments (along with arguments corresponding to sampled options for number of floors above grade, number of building units, and corridor position) to populate the OpenStudio-HPXML adiabatic surface -related arguments. Windows, for example, are not placed on adiabatic walls.
Correct, ResStock does not explicitly model or account for any common area loads.
