A few related questions about combining multiple spaces into a thermal zone in EnergyPlus and OpenStudio:
- When (which version) did EnergyPlus introduce the concept of being able to group multiple spaces into thermal zones?
- Is this feature commonly used in e+? Most of the example files that ship with e+ still model only the Zone objects and do not utilize the Space object (but there are a handful of example files that do).
- Does the OpenStudio SDK use this representation in the IDF when translating to e+, or does it use its own approach to combine multiple spaces into zones?