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OpenStudio: Ideal Air Loads

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OpenStudio: Ideal Air Loads were turned on for a thermal zone that has no HVAC system, what does this mean? I found that overall cooling and fan electricity consumption decreased.

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answered 7 years ago

updated 7 years ago

Ideal Air Loads will report the total district heating and cooling load that building experiences. It's not an actual HVAC system, so it won't have any fan electricity. Please refer to the input/output reference for more information.

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The ideal loads are reported as "district" loads if I recall correctly.

ljbrackney's avatar ljbrackney  ( 7 years ago )

Good catch. I edited my answer above.

Jonny K's avatar Jonny K  ( 7 years ago )

district heating also includes water heating?

meiwen.zhou@wur.nl's avatar meiwen.zhou@wur.nl  ( 7 years ago )

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