How does ResStock calculate conditional probability distributions in housing_characteristics tsv files?
For reference I am using ResStock v2.2.4 and OpenStudio/PAT v2.9.0, with EnergyPlus v9.2.
I am trying to model a particular community in Georgia. I have 3 different AMY EPW files; a 2008 EPW file for Blairsville GA, a 2008 EPW file for Andrews NC, and a 2008 EPW file for Franklin NC.
The options I have determined to be candidates in Location.tsv in housing_characteristics directory are Asheville AP (NC), Athens AP (GA), and Chattanooga AP (TN), based on their proximity to the desired location I am modelling.
In order for PAT to recognize the EPW files, they were renamed before being zipped and uploaded to dropbox to create direct download links.
Asheville Location TSV configuration --> 0996216_US_NC_Buncombe_37021_0-20000-0-72315_35.45_-82.54_NSRDB_2.0.1_AMY EPW file name.
Chattanooga Location TSV configruation --> 0939546_US_TN_Hamilton_47065_0-20000-0-72324_35.05_-85.22_NSRDB_2.0.1_AMY EPW file name.
Athens Location TSV configuration --> 0979938_US_GA_Clarke_13059_0-20000-0-72311_33.97_-83.34_NSRDB_2.0.1_AMY EPW file name.
If I ran two simulations, all else held equal, I would get different results depending on what configuration I was using in Location TSV. I noticed that Geometry Foundation Type.tsv and Heating Fuel.tsv had Dependency=Location, meaning that their conditional probability distributions are conditional on whatever value/configuration is in Location.tsv. When I changed these conditional probability distributions to possess the same values, I would get the same results.csv output.
For example, see:
How does ResStock calculate the probability distributions seen above for Heating Fuel and Foundation Type? I would like to get a probability distribution that is representative of my area.
