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Thermal Comfort Control Error

I have a building with people load described with number of people, and these people are assigned to thermal zone "Second".

I have created a Air Velocity, Clothing and Work Efficiency Schedule following the example files that come with EnergyPlus. I've also made PMV setpoint schedules for heating and cooling. I have made Thermostat:ThermalComfort work before in other similar models.

Whenever I try running the simulation I get an error that says

no PEOPLE in Zone or ZoneList Name="Second" - cannot use Comfort Control.

I know for a fact there are people in this zone.

What changes do I need to make to enable comfort control in this zone?

Thermal Comfort Control Error

I have a building with people load described with number of people, and these people are assigned to thermal zone "Second".

I have created a Air Velocity, Clothing and Work Efficiency Schedule following the example files that come with EnergyPlus. I've also made PMV setpoint schedules for heating and cooling. I have made Thermostat:ThermalComfort work before in other similar models.

Whenever I try running the simulation I get an error that says

no PEOPLE in Zone or ZoneList Name="Second" - cannot use Comfort Control.

I know for a fact there are people in this zone.

What changes do I need to make to enable comfort control in this zone?

Thermal Comfort Control Error

I have a building with people load described with number of people, and these people are assigned to thermal zone "Second".

I have created a Air Velocity, Clothing and Work Efficiency Schedule following the example files that come with EnergyPlus. I've also made PMV setpoint schedules for heating and cooling. I have made Thermostat:ThermalComfort work before in other similar models.

Whenever I try running the simulation I get an error that says

no PEOPLE in Zone or ZoneList Name="Second" - cannot use Comfort Control.

I know for a fact there are people in this zone.

What changes do I need to make to enable comfort control in this zone?


Was asked to include the text for "Second" zone object, People object and where I referenced the schedule inputs (I'm not too sure if the following is what was asked for);

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Thermal Comfort Control Error

I have a building with people load described with number of people, and these people are assigned to thermal zone "Second".

I have created a Air Velocity, Clothing and Work Efficiency Schedule following the example files that come with EnergyPlus. I've also made PMV setpoint schedules for heating and cooling. I have made Thermostat:ThermalComfort work before in other similar models.

Whenever I try running the simulation I get an error that says

no PEOPLE in Zone or ZoneList Name="Second" - cannot use Comfort Control.

I know for a fact there are people in this zone.

What changes do I need to make to enable comfort control in this zone?


Was asked to include the text for "Second" zone object, People object and where I referenced the schedule inputs (I'm not too sure if the following is what was asked for);

image description


IDF File

Thermal Comfort Control Error

I have a building with people load described with number of people, and these people are assigned to thermal zone "Second".

I have created a Air Velocity, Clothing and Work Efficiency Schedule following the example files that come with EnergyPlus. I've also made PMV setpoint schedules for heating and cooling. I have made Thermostat:ThermalComfort work before in other similar models.

Whenever I try running the simulation I get an error that says

no PEOPLE in Zone or ZoneList Name="Second" - cannot use Comfort Control.

I know for a fact there are people in this zone.

What changes do I need to make to enable comfort control in this zone?


Was asked to include the text for "Second" zone object, People object and where I referenced the schedule inputs (I'm not too sure if the following is what was asked for);

image description


IDF File

Thermal Comfort Control Error

I have a building with people load described with number of people, and these people are assigned to thermal zone "Second".

I have created a Air Velocity, Clothing and Work Efficiency Schedule following the example files that come with EnergyPlus. I've also made PMV setpoint schedules for heating and cooling. I have made Thermostat:ThermalComfort work before in other similar models.

Whenever I try running the simulation I get an error that says

no PEOPLE in Zone or ZoneList Name="Second" - cannot use Comfort Control.

I know for a fact there are people in this zone.

What changes do I need to make to enable comfort control in this zone?


Was asked to include the text for "Second" zone object, People object and where I referenced the schedule inputs (I'm not too sure if the following is what was asked for);

image description


IDF File