Which advanced surface properties are important?

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This is good feedback, thanks! I do wonder if the user issue you referenced could also have been solved by using a different algorithm? It seems that the adaptive methods could have been applied to all surfaces and just specify a particular algorithm for the right surface type (e.g. Floor Heat Ceiling Cool Stable Horizontal Equation Source). Maybe someone from the E+ team could weigh in?

As for user voice, we are listening but that is just one source of input. This request came in from a different avenue and was already green-lighted but I wanted to get user input on it before we start.

I wonder as well. The little bit of digging I've done into my radiant ceiling panel models indicated that the default adaptive convection choices seemed OK, but I didn't get so far as to experiment with changing them, mostly because it was going to be a pain to do from OpenStudio! Thanks for the clarity regarding uservoice, I know you guys get a lot of input from lots of parties, and definitely appreciate your responsiveness.

@Neal Kruis these surface properties are a good example of a place where there is too much control. There are 44 algorithms available in SurfaceProperty:ConvectionCoefficients. It's neat that you can have this much control but 99% of users just want EnergyPlus to do the right thing. You shouldn't need to know that you have to go adjust surface convection coefficients when you have radiant heating/cooling, the defaults should do this for you. We could address this at the OpenStudio level but I think it is really something that should be in EnergyPlus.