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Having a space in the model that isn't assigned to a thermal zone would do this, at least if a surface in the space didn't have a construction assigned. It is an edge case I didn't consider because typically the simulation would fail because a surface on space "a" in the model would be matched to a surface in space "b" that isn't in the model.
We also have a check for the building area that OpenStudio reports vs. EnergyPlus that will throw a warning, which would also normally catch this, but my guess is the attic is set not to be included in the building area.
I can add a note to update the measure to add a warning, probably in the Building Summary table if there are space in the model that are not assigned to thermal zones.
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Having a space in the model that isn't assigned to a thermal zone would do this, at least if a surface in the space didn't have a construction assigned. It is an edge case I didn't consider because typically the simulation would fail because a surface on in space "a" in the model would be matched to a surface in space "b" that isn't in the model.
We also have a check for the building area that OpenStudio reports vs. EnergyPlus that will throw a warning, which would also normally catch this, but my guess is the attic is set not to be included in the building area.
I can add a note to update the measure to add a warning, probably in the Building Summary table if there are space in the model that are not assigned to thermal zones.
