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(disclosure: I rarely use/diagnose simple rectangular surfaces like Wall:Exterior; maybe others can chime in).

Issue #1 : A surface like Wall:Exterior requires both a Zone Name & Space Name. As shown in this example, add a double comma after the Zone Name, e.g.:

Wall:Exterior,
  North wall ext,     ! Name
  Walls_Construction, ! Construction Name
  Zone 1,,            ! Zone Name & (blank) Space Name
  0,                  ! Azimuth (North)
  90,                 ! Tilt Angle
  5,                  ! Starting X Coordinate
  5,                  ! Starting Y Coordinate
  0,                  ! Starting Z Coordinate
  5,                  ! Length
  2.7;                ! Height

Without those double commas, I couldn't render the surfaces in SketchUp for instance. Once fixed, the walls were generated as follows:

Issue #2 : There's an obvious mix-up between azimuth angles and XY origins (bottom-left corner when looking at the wall from the exterior of the zone). Consider the following fix:

- north wall (Azimuth   0) X:5 Y:5
- east wall  (Azimuth  90) X:5 Y:0
- south wall (Azimuth 180) X:0 Y:0
- west wall  (Azimuth 270) X:0 Y:5

Issue #3 : You provided 2x roof surfaces, and 2x floor surfaces (1x of each is enough). I did need to reset the XY origins of both (as follows):

Roof,
  Roof,              ! Name
  Roof_Construction, ! Construction Name
  Zone 1,,           ! Zone & Space Name
  0,                 ! Azimuth Angle
  0,                 ! Tilt Angle
  5,                 ! Starting X Coordinate
  5,                 ! Starting Y Coordinate
  2.7,               ! Starting Z Coordinate
  5,                 ! Length
  5;                 ! Width

Floor:Adiabatic,
  Floor_Adiabatic,
  Floor_Construction, ! Construction Name
  Zone 1,,            ! Zone & Surface Name
  0,                  ! Azimuth Angle
  180,                ! Tilt Angle
  5,                  ! Starting X Coordinate
  0,                  ! Starting Y Coordinate
  0,                  ! Starting Z Coordinate
  5,                  ! Length
  5;                  ! Width

(disclosure: I rarely use/diagnose simple rectangular surfaces like Wall:Exterior; maybe others can chime in).

Issue #1 : A surface like Wall:Exterior requires both a Zone Name & Space Name. As shown in this example, add a double comma after the Zone Name, e.g.:

Wall:Exterior,
  North wall ext,     ! Name
  Walls_Construction, ! Construction Name
  Zone 1,,            ! Zone Name & (blank) Space Name
  0,                  ! Azimuth (North)
  90,                 ! Tilt Angle
  5,                  ! Starting X Coordinate
  5,                  ! Starting Y Coordinate
  0,                  ! Starting Z Coordinate
  5,                  ! Length
  2.7;                ! Height

Without those double commas, I couldn't render the surfaces in SketchUp for instance. Once fixed, the walls were generated as follows:

EDIT: I had forgotten you're using E+ v8.9 (which doesn't require Space Names - my bad). So you don't have to consider this first issue. I'm keeping it nonetheless as a reminder for others.

Issue #2 : There's an obvious mix-up between azimuth angles and XY origins (bottom-left corner when looking at the wall from the exterior of the zone). Consider the following fix:

- north wall (Azimuth   0) X:5 Y:5
- east wall  (Azimuth  90) X:5 Y:0
- south wall (Azimuth 180) X:0 Y:0
- west wall  (Azimuth 270) X:0 Y:5

Issue #3 : You provided 2x roof surfaces, and 2x floor surfaces (1x of each is enough). I did need to reset the XY origins of both (as follows):

Roof,
  Roof,              ! Name
  Roof_Construction, ! Construction Name
  Zone 1,,           ! Zone & Space Name
  0,                 ! Azimuth Angle
  0,                 ! Tilt Angle
  5,                 ! Starting X Coordinate
  5,                 ! Starting Y Coordinate
  2.7,               ! Starting Z Coordinate
  5,                 ! Length
  5;                 ! Width

Floor:Adiabatic,
  Floor_Adiabatic,
  Floor_Construction, ! Construction Name
  Zone 1,,            ! Zone & Surface Name
  0,                  ! Azimuth Angle
  180,                ! Tilt Angle
  5,                  ! Starting X Coordinate
  0,                  ! Starting Y Coordinate
  0,                  ! Starting Z Coordinate
  5,                  ! Length
  5;                  ! Width