Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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Less solar gains can result in increased heating. On the other hand it should reduce cooling. However, due to decreased available daylight your internal gains from artificial lighting are increasing, affecting both heating and cooling. Former should be decreased while latter should be increased. It can be difficult to find a balance between all these phenomena. In addition to this, a building thermal mass also affects cooling and heating requirements.
