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Hello, I am working on calibrating a building model in DesignBuilder trough measured temperature data. I was wondering if I could import detailed sub-hourly occupant schedules, that I have been collecting for two months now, into DesingBuilder to increase calibration accuracy. Example of an occupancy schedule for one of the building zones:

Date; Time; Fractions

• 1/4/2020; 12:00; 0.75
• 1/4/2020; 12:15; 0.25
• 1/4/2020; 12:30; 1.0
• ...

These schedules vary drastically from day to day, and I cannot use Compact Schedules.

Thanks to your replies,

Matic

Hello, I am working on calibrating a building model in DesignBuilder trough measured temperature data. I was wondering if I could import detailed sub-hourly occupant schedules, that I have been collecting for two months now, into DesingBuilder to increase calibration accuracy. Example of an occupancy schedule for one of the building zones:

Date; Time; Fractions

• 1/4/2020; 12:00; 0.75
• 1/4/2020; 12:15; 0.25
• 1/4/2020; 12:30; 1.0
• ...

These schedules vary drastically from day to day, and I cannot use Compact Schedules.

Thanks to your replies,

Matic

Hello, I am working on calibrating a building model in DesignBuilder trough measured temperature data. I was wondering if I could import detailed sub-hourly occupant schedules, that I have been collecting for two months now, into DesingBuilder to increase calibration accuracy. Example of an occupancy schedule for one of the building zones:

Date; Time; Fractions

• 1/4/2020; 12:00; 0.75
• 1/4/2020; 12:15; 0.25
• 1/4/2020; 12:30; 1.0
• ...

These schedules vary drastically from day to day, and I cannot use Compact Schedules.

Thanks to your replies,

Matic

Schedule:File,
Office_Occ1,                                                          !- Name
Any Number,                                                           !- ScheduleType
C:\Program Files (x86)\DesignBuilder\EnergyPlus\loads_example.csv,    !- Name of File
2,                                                                    !- Column Number
1,                                                          !- Rows to Skip at Top
8760,                                                       !- Number of Hours of Data
Comma;                                                      !- Column Separator

EnergyManagementSystem:Actuator,
myOffice_Occ1_Override,                             ! Name
Office_Occ1,                                        !- Actuated Component Unique Name
Schedule:File,                                      ! Actuated Component Type
Schedule Value;                                     ! Actuated Component Control Type

Output:Variable,Office_Occ1,Schedule Value,Timestep;