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is there a possibility to enter the occupation planing or the density of occupancy in beopt if not how beopt takes into consideration the occupation ?

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is there a possibility to enter the occupation planing or the density of occupancy in beopt if not how beopt takes into consideration the occupation ?

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answered 6 years ago

There is an equation for number of occupants as a function of the number of bedrooms.

You can modify this equation in the _processOccupants() method in \modeling\sim.py:

occ.num_occupants = 0.63 + 0.92 * unit.num_bedrooms for single family or

occ.num_occupants = 0.87 + 0.59 * unit.num_bedrooms for multifamily

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Note that this only adjusts the heat gain of the occupants. Energy use for appliances, hot water use, etc., will still be derived by number of bedrooms.

shorowit's avatar shorowit  ( 6 years ago )

So, an easy way to change the occupant density is to change the number of bedrooms. However this only has the resolution of five discrete options: 1,2,3,4,5.

Eric Wilson's avatar Eric Wilson  ( 6 years ago )

is there a schedule of occupation because the occuppants are not always at home and that has an influence on the results. i also want to know how much of the power dissipated per person that beopt takes in the calculations

youssra's avatar youssra  ( 6 years ago )

That can be found in Figure 25 of the House Simulation Protocols document accessible via the BEopt help menu.

Eric Wilson's avatar Eric Wilson  ( 6 years ago )

yeees, thanks Eric for your answers

youssra's avatar youssra  ( 6 years ago )

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