Construction: Airboundary for Window Material
I am trying to model a room which is divided into two zones. I modelled the interzone surface as an opaque surface (windowframe) and placed a verry large fenestration surface (window) inside of the interzone opaque surface. When I tried to assign the AirBoundary construction to that interzone fenestration surface, the following errors occured:
* Severe * FenestrationSurface:Detailed="INSIDEWINDOW_ZONE1" has an opaque surface construction; it should have a window construction.
* Severe * FenestrationSurface:Detailed="INSIDEWINDOW_ZONE2" has an opaque surface construction; it should have a window construction.
The Aircoundary was constructed using the following setting:
Construction:AirBoundary, Airboundary, !- Name InteriorWindow, !- Solar and Daylighting Method GroupedZones, !- Radiant Exchange Method SimpleMixing, !- Air Exchange Method 10, !- Simple Mixing Air Changes per Hour {1/hr} ;
According to the input/ouput reference of EP9.3: "Construction:AirBoundary indicates an open boundary between two zones. It may be used for base surfaces and fenestration surfaces." In this case, how can I assign an airboundary construction to the interzone window?
Thank you!
@Anqi, try making that fenestration surface type to a door instead of a window. Then it should accept the opaque construction.(Yes, I know it really isn't opaque, but from the error it seems like it may be treated as opaque for what surface types it can be used on).