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VE IES Apache - Thermostat Changing Vent Minimum?

asked 2025-12-15 12:23:49 -0600

updated 2025-12-17 13:56:48 -0600

I have an Apache HVAC problem where I am trying to vary the operating cooling setpoint in a museum yet keep the design-cooling value for airflow fixed, enabling me to study just the effect of a thermostat change rather than a different HVAC system. In Apache HVAC, in the system editor window for a VAV system, I changed the Room Temperature Setpoint from 70F to 75F and left the Design Room Air Temperature at 70F. image description

The ventilation and cooling flow is still referencing this Design Room Air Temperature (70F) in the other tab as well, showing me the airflow peak will remain unchanged. image description BUT then, I run the models, and ventilation drops and is no longer a happy on-off schedule. I have tried only making this one change in an exact copy of the working Apache HVAC system and still the same results, ventilation drops.

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answered 2025-12-19 11:10:24 -0600

Well, I have fixed my own problem. in IES, attributes defining ventilation and space criteria are held in a component called Apache, were the details of controls for HVAC and meeting those criteria are defined in Apache-HVAC. The link between these two, where zone attributes are literally linked to the system, can break without clear indicator that it is broken. This can cause errors such as these where some zones remain consistent, following their ventilation criteria and schedules while others deviate. I would call this a bug yet I do not know if and how IES could fix it. I do know it has the net result of wasting incredible amounts of time trying to figure it out. image description

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