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Is it required to define the objects of Site:Location and SizingPeriod:DesignDay?

asked 2017-01-18 03:05:32 -0600

PJRosado
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updated 2017-04-13 16:45:51 -0600

__AmirRoth__

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Is there a way to set up the .idf to use the weather file given to EP without having the objects Site:Location and SizingPeriod:DesignDay?

I ask because I want to know if I can set up EP parametric simulations in which I use the same .idf file for different locations and then I only change the weather file provided in each run.

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answered 2017-01-18 10:17:06 -0600

David Goldwasser

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If you have anything set to autosize then you will need to have design days in your model. If not, then generally you could not have them, although I do believe OpenStudio still requires design days even if they are not used because everything is hard sized, unless you just have ideal air loads.

If you are planning to sweep across locations are you going to manually re-size equipment or do you expect a one size fits all solution?

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All my prototypes are set with Autosize. So I will then have to define design days for each location.

Thank you!

PJRosado ( 2017-01-19 01:13:19 -0600 )edit

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