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Export Construction Materials from IDF to SDD for CBECC-com California Compliance Tool

Hello

I am trying to use an idf file for CBECC-com tool. Here is my workflow:

1) Import my idf file (generated in DesignBuilder) to OpenStuido 2) Export as SDD 3) Import in CBECC-com

Although all my thermal zones are transferred to CBECC-com successfully, my construction materials did not come through. I defined materials layer by layer in DesignBuilder, which is in EnergyPlus language. I expected to see them in CBECC-com, but it did not happen. As I see in CBECC, my construction layers do not have any U-value assigned to them. I would like to ask if anyone knows a solution to this or has any suggestion for me. I appreciate your input in advance. Ladan

here is my idf file:

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Here is a screenshot of my xml file, exported from OSM.

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Export Construction Materials from IDF to SDD for CBECC-com California Compliance Tool

Hello

I am trying to use an idf file for CBECC-com tool. Here is my workflow:

1) Import my idf file (generated in DesignBuilder) to OpenStuido 2) Export as SDD 3) Import in CBECC-com

Although all my thermal zones are transferred to CBECC-com successfully, my construction materials did not come through. I defined materials layer by layer in DesignBuilder, which is in EnergyPlus language. I expected to see them in CBECC-com, but it did not happen. As I see in CBECC, my construction layers do not have any U-value assigned to them. I would like to ask if anyone knows a solution to this or has any suggestion for me. I appreciate your input in advance. Ladan

here is my idf file:

image description

Here is a screenshot of my xml file, exported from OSM.

image description