Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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Are you doing this to try to simulate opening doors and windows at night to provide natural ventilation?
If you are using EnergyPlus, the better way to do this is to use the air flow network and open windows.
Check out the AirflowNetwork_MultiZone_SmallOffice examples in the EnergyPlus examples directory that uses forced ventilation during the day and natural ventilation in the evening.
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Are you doing this to try to simulate opening doors and windows at night to provide natural ventilation?
If you are using EnergyPlus, the better way to do this is to use the air flow network and open windows.
Check out the AirflowNetwork_MultiZone_SmallOffice examples in the EnergyPlus examples directory that uses forced ventilation during the day and natural ventilation in the evening.
The info and links to NIST data in @mdahlhausen's answer is really good, so do make use of it even if you use the air flow network and simulate open doors/windows.
