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How to evaluate indoor comfort

asked 9 years ago

thiathia's avatar

updated 6 years ago

I am wondering which output variable evaluates best the indoor comfort of a zone. i have been told about the PMV measure but I can't download it with BCL. it stops and reports errors. So Which output variable do you propose?

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Are you having problems actually downloading the measure or are you having problems using it once you download it?

To download measures or components from within OpenStudio you need to setup a BCL account and then enter your key in OpenStudio. See documentation here.

David Goldwasser's avatar David Goldwasser  ( 9 years ago )

@thiathia please use established tags before creating new ones. Our tag convention follows StackOverflow and uses a - between words, e.g. thermal-comfort not thermalcomfort.

MatthewSteen's avatar MatthewSteen  ( 9 years ago )

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answered 9 years ago

Waseem's avatar

updated 9 years ago

You can use the output variables tab to output PMV and PPD in OpenStudio. If you are using text editor for editing your .idf files then you can use the following lines to output PMV and PPD respectively.

Output:Variable,*,Zone Thermal Comfort Fanger Model PMV,hourly; !- Zone Average []

Output:Variable,*,Zone Thermal Comfort Fanger Model PPD,hourly; !- Zone Average [%]

But you have to input fields in People object to calculate/output these variables e.g. activity level schedule name, work efficiency schedule name, thermal comfort model type etc.

Hope this will help.

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answered 9 years ago

Jlove's avatar

updated 9 years ago

The variable name for EP 7.2.0 is little different.

Output:Variable, *,FangerPMV, hourly;

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