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window vs skylight

asked 2015-11-04 02:29:12 -0500

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What's the major diffrences that we have when we use window instead of skylight on energyplus?

In my project I have several skylights in the roof (about 20), when I try to simulate the model it fail.

If I change the type of constructio from skylight to window it simulate perfectly.

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What's your error...?

Julien Marrec's avatar Julien Marrec  ( 2015-11-04 04:09:14 -0500 )edit

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answered 2015-11-04 04:38:56 -0500

updated 2015-11-04 04:44:09 -0500

EnergyPlus doesn't have "Skylights", only Fenestration components.

This is merely an OpenStudio object, by default if you draw a window on an horizontal surface it'll be recognize as a Skylight. That allows you in turn to specify a default construction object for those Skylights that is different from the regular Windows.

I suspect your error comes from the fact that you don't have a default Skylight construction defined and therefore after translation to EnergyPlus input file you end up with a FenestrationSurface:Detailed of type Surface TypeWindow that has no construction, and E+ crashes.

On the "Constructions" tab, here showing the default "189.1-2001 - Office" construction set:

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Thanks It solve the problem.

J Monteiro's avatar J Monteiro  ( 2015-11-04 05:42:57 -0500 )edit

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