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The DesignDay profiles you've seen are SizingPeriod profiles used for heating system sizing. See the docs on Design Objects for clarification.
There must be at least 2 (up to any number) SizingPeriod objects present. Normally one will be for summer conditions and one for winter. The summer day should normally have the field Day Type set to SummerDesignDay. The winter design day should normally have Day Type set to WinterDesignDay.
So to answer your question, no these aren't normally used to represent occupancy rates. You should probably build up a compact schedule.
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The DesignDay profiles you've seen are SizingPeriod profiles used for heating system sizing. See the docs on Design Objects for clarification.clarification, in particular the section on Day Types.
There must be at least 2 (up to any number) SizingPeriod objects present. Normally one will be for summer conditions and one for winter. The summer day should normally have the field Day Type set to SummerDesignDay. The winter design day should normally have Day Type set to WinterDesignDay.
So to answer your question, no these aren't normally used to represent occupancy rates. You should probably build up a compact schedule.
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The DesignDay profiles you've seen are SizingPeriod profiles used for heating system sizing. See the docs on Design Objects for clarification, in particular and also the section schedules documentation on Day Types.
There must be at least 2 (up to any number) SizingPeriod objects present. Normally one will be for summer conditions and one for winter. The summer day should normally have the field Day Type set to SummerDesignDay. The winter design day should normally have Day Type set to WinterDesignDay.
So to answer your question, no these aren't normally used to represent occupancy rates. You should probably build up a compact schedule.
| | 4 | No.4 Revision |
The DesignDay profiles you've seen are SizingPeriod profiles used for heating system sizing. See the docs on Design Objects for clarification, and also the schedules documentation on Day Types.
There must be at least 2 (up to any number) SizingPeriod objects present. Normally one will be for summer conditions and one for winter. The summer day should normally have the field Day Type set to SummerDesignDay. The winter design day should normally have Day Type set to WinterDesignDay.
So to answer your question, no these aren't normally used to represent occupancy rates. schedules for entire seasons. You should probably build up a compact schedule.
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The DesignDay Design Day profiles you've seen are SizingPeriod Sizing Period profiles used for heating HVAC system sizing. See the docs on Design Objects for clarification, and also the schedules documentation on Day Types. which tells you what types of day you can specify in a schedule.
There must be at least 2 (up to any number) SizingPeriod objects present. Normally one will be for summer conditions and one for winter. The summer day should normally have the field Day Type set to SummerDesignDay. The winter design day should normally have Day Type set to WinterDesignDay.
So to answer your question, no these aren't normally used to represent schedules for entire seasons. You should probably build up a compact schedule.
Edit: This is an explanation from the EnergyPlus end of things. I don't really use OpenStudio so perhaps someone else can explain exactly how it applies there.
