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changing DOE reference building for a custom climate

DOE reference buildings are designed for different climates of the USA. Researchers use these building to facilitate comparing and validating the results of their study and also reduce the time for modelling whole building. I want to use these reference building (using OpenStudio measure) and alter some of its input parameters to use it to conduct an energy efficiency study on some other climates.

As I'm not a professional HVAC engineer I need some professional advice to conduct these changes in a proper way. Any reference or suggestion would help me a lot.

changing DOE reference building for a custom climate

DOE reference buildings are designed for different climates of the USA. Researchers use these building to facilitate comparing and validating the results of their study and also reduce the time for modelling whole building. I want to use these reference building (using OpenStudio measure) and alter some of its input parameters to use it to conduct an energy efficiency study on some other climates.

As I'm not a professional HVAC engineer I need some professional advice to conduct these changes in a proper way. Any reference or suggestion would help me a lot.