CalculateZoneVolume: The Zone="THERMAL ZONE 1" is not fully enclosed.
Hello,
I am making a model of a building in SketchUp, which has 90 rooms with the same height. This rooms are grouped in different thermal zones. When I group two or more enclosures, I get the following warning:
** Warning ** CalculateZoneVolume: The Zone="THERMAL ZONE 1" is not fully enclosed. To be fully enclosed, each edge of a surface must also be an edge on one other surface.
** ~~~ ** The zone volume was calculated using the floor area times ceiling height method where the floor and ceiling are the same except for the z-coordinates.
** ~~~ ** The surface "SURFACE 20" has an edge that was used 4 times: it is an edge on three or more surfaces:
** ~~~ ** It was found on the following Surfaces: 'SURFACE 24' 'SURFACE 3' 'SURFACE 5'
** ~~~ ** Vertex start { 12.6216, 4.7843, 3.0000}
** ~~~ ** Vertex end { 12.6216, -9.0239E-017, 3.0000}
** ~~~ ** The surface "SURFACE 20" has an edge that was used 4 times: it is an edge on three or more surfaces:
** ~~~ ** It was found on the following Surfaces: 'SURFACE 23' 'SURFACE 3' 'SURFACE 6'
** ~~~ ** Vertex start { 12.6216, -9.0239E-017, 3.0000}
** ~~~ ** Vertex end { 12.6216, -9.0239E-017, 0.0000}
** ~~~ ** The surface "SURFACE 20" has an edge that was used 4 times: it is an edge on three or more surfaces:
** ~~~ ** It was found on the following Surfaces: 'SURFACE 19' 'SURFACE 3' 'SURFACE 1'
** ~~~ ** Vertex start { 12.6216, -9.0239E-017, 0.0000}
** ~~~ ** Vertex end { 12.6216, 4.7843, 0.0000}
** ~~~ ** The surface "SURFACE 20" has an edge that was used 4 times: it is an edge on three or more surfaces:
** ~~~ ** It was found on the following Surfaces: 'SURFACE 21' 'SURFACE 3' 'SURFACE 4'
** ~~~ ** Vertex start { 12.6216, 4.7843, 0.0000}
** ~~~ ** Vertex end { 12.6216, 4.7843, 3.0000}
I get this error in all thermal zones. I have tried to do what is recommended in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eex6T... , but this type of error is only solved if I create as many thermal zones as enclosures.
Is that a good solution? How would it affect the modeling of the air conditioning system?
Thanks!
@NuriaNunez are you using the SketchUp plug-in for EnergyPlus (Euclid) or OpenStudio?
How are you defining and grouping the enclosures, since there are not "enclosure" objects in either EnergyPlus or OpenStudio?
I using the SketchUp plug-in for OpenStudio. I have defined them as exterior walls.