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EnergyPlus EMS - New actuator

asked 2015-07-21 08:48:45 -0500

Walter Mazuroski

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I'm looking for an EMS Actuator for "Zone, Surface Outside Face Sunlit Area", but I didn't found this in the .EDD file. I think it's not available. There is the possibility of include this actuator in EnergyPlus?

Thanks in advance.

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There is a web site being developed which will allow improvements to be suggested. This web site is in the beta development phase.

rraustad ( 2015-07-23 23:06:46 -0500 )edit

Thanks rraustad, do you know the name of this beta web site?

Walter Mazuroski ( 2015-07-28 13:11:33 -0500 )edit

It hasn't gone live yet. I'll try to remember to inform you, but I would think there would be some form of notification to users when the site does go live.

rraustad ( 2015-07-30 14:19:01 -0500 )edit

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answered 2015-08-04 15:43:57 -0500

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An alternate method with current v8.3.0 features would be to use a shading surface (Shading:Building:Detailed) to block the building surface in question and use EMS to actuate the Transmittance Schedule value. This also requires changing the ShadowCalculation "Calculation Method" to TimestepFrequency.

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