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2024-01-02 10:44:18 -0500 commented answer Does E+ consider interior shading when calculating the operative temperature?

There have been some recent changes related to MRT Calculations but this issue has not been resolved yet. The surface he

2024-01-02 10:43:46 -0500 commented answer Does E+ consider interior shading when calculating the operative temperature?

There have been some recent changes related to MRT Calculations but this issue has not been resolved yet. The surface he

2024-01-02 10:41:17 -0500 commented answer Does E+ consider interior shading when calculating the operative temperature?

There have been some recent changes related to (https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus/pull/10244 "MRT Calculations"), but t

2024-01-02 10:36:25 -0500 commented answer Does E+ consider interior shading when calculating the operative temperature?

There have been some recent changes related to (https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus/pull/10244 "MRT Calculations"), but t

2024-01-02 10:36:07 -0500 commented answer Does E+ consider interior shading when calculating the operative temperature?

There have been some recent changes related to (https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus/pull/10244 "MRT Calculations")), but

2024-01-02 10:34:06 -0500 commented answer Does E+ consider interior shading when calculating the operative temperature?

There have been some recent changes related to MRT calculations, but this issue has not been resolved yet. The surface h

2023-12-08 10:57:18 -0500 commented answer Heat Balance of a Thermal Zone

Note that some of these outputs require "Output:Diagnostics, DisplayAdvancedReportVariables;" to activate them.

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2023-07-12 11:27:53 -0500 answered a question EMS actuator override of mass flow rate and temperature provide strange behaviour.

See answer here https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus/issues/9311#issuecomment-1632849178

2023-07-10 09:13:34 -0500 answered a question Outdoor Air Schedule Name in DesignSpecification:OutdoorAir does not work

DesignSpecification:OutdoorAir (DSOA) is primarily used for sizing (which ignores the schedule), but it can also be used

2023-01-30 09:14:51 -0500 answered a question Unitary system (Water- Air) CC control issues

Both of these approaches should work, and they did for this coil type until EnergyPlus v9.5. AirloopHVAC:UnitarySystem w

2023-01-09 09:41:36 -0500 commented question Unitary system (Water- Air) CC control issues

Solutions 1 and 2 should both work. Please share the full idf files with a link here or send to the helpdesk at energypl

2023-01-03 12:41:59 -0500 edited answer Solar gain distribution between zones in Solar enclosures (Construction: Airboundary)

The zones which are connected by Construction:Airboundary become one continuous enclosure for solar and radiant exchange

2023-01-03 12:41:45 -0500 edited answer Solar gain distribution between zones in Solar enclosures (Construction: Airboundary)

The zones which are connected by Construction:Airboundary become one continuous enclosure for solar and radiant exchange

2023-01-03 12:39:20 -0500 commented answer Solar gain distribution between zones in Solar enclosures (Construction: Airboundary)

You are correct that PixelCounting will handle the solar properly (if using FullInteriorAndExterior solar distribution),

2023-01-03 10:11:12 -0500 edited answer Solar gain distribution between zones in Solar enclosures (Construction: Airboundary)

The zones which are connected by Construction:Airboundary become one continuous enclosure for solar and radiant exchange

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2022-12-01 14:09:55 -0500 answered a question Solar gain distribution between zones in Solar enclosures (Construction: Airboundary)

The zones which are connected by Construction:Airboundary become one continuous enclosure for solar and radiant exchange

2022-11-14 08:35:22 -0500 commented answer Minimum Heat Pump PLR in HVACTemplate:System:VRF is not changed

Fixed for v23.1 in PR 9708.

2022-07-22 09:54:06 -0500 answered a question Peak Heating vs Boiler Sizing

Two suggestions. It's possible there's an issue with multipliers in the Sensible Heat Gain Component report. Try runn

2022-07-01 11:12:57 -0500 commented answer Humidistat setting in Eneryplus

@Donner More details, please.

2022-05-02 14:25:52 -0500 answered a question Scheduled sunlit fractions for windows

SurfaceProperty:LocalEnvironment can be applied to any surface, including fenestration surfaces. See example files Surfa

2022-05-02 10:01:38 -0500 commented question Why does Controller:OutdoorAir not set OA-Flow to zero as specified ?

@enriquesissa There are multiple places to specify and report OA. Please post a link to the idf.

2022-02-07 22:05:59 -0500 answered a question DLL Errors installing OS and E+ on Windows 11?

Installing the Visual C++ Redistributable library should fix things (at least for EnergyPlus, not sure about OpenStudio)

2022-01-04 13:32:04 -0500 commented answer Modelling a gas absorption heat pump in EnergyPlus

Still the same in v9.6.

2021-12-02 10:00:39 -0500 commented answer value for cp Specific heat of air

See answer here.

2021-12-02 09:59:41 -0500 answered a question how to find Zone Infiltration Rate? or equivalent in [W]

I'm not sure I follow the question. To answer the question in the title, the infiltration gain or loss in W is simply th

2021-12-01 14:13:58 -0500 answered a question value for cp Specific heat of air

In general, EnergyPlus uses variable specific heat of air. The psychrometric function PsyCpAirFnW calculates specific he

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2021-03-24 21:45:49 -0500 commented answer Mismatch in outside surface heat balance in EnergyPlus

Issue #6939 was fixed in EnergyPlus v9.2.0.

2021-03-01 09:40:33 -0500 answered a question EMS incorrectly reads output variable

The idf snippet shown above is using calling point AfterPredictorAfterHVACManagers. The "Managers" in this calling point

2020-09-01 17:39:52 -0500 commented answer Long simulation time : Fully glazed room with a large number of glazing

I would have expected some improvement (assuming your schedule does not change the blind status very often during the da

2020-07-13 10:15:08 -0500 commented answer Long simulation time : Fully glazed room with a large number of glazing

Part of the slow-down with any shading device is a recalculation of the SciptF approximate view factors for a given zone

2020-07-09 11:23:12 -0500 commented question Clarification on Outdoor, Mixed, Supply, Exhaust Flow Rates and Temperatures in EnergyPlus Ideal Loads Air System

It there is no outdoor air, all of the air is recirculated from the zone, so there cannot be any heat recovery.

2020-07-09 11:20:17 -0500 answered a question Output data visualization during simulation in E+!

I am not aware of any existing software that displays live data during the simulation. Some of the commercial interfaces

2020-05-29 17:54:31 -0500 commented question E+ DOAS Night Cycle Control and FourPipeFanCoil MultiSpeedFan Control Questions

@RyanCGuan new issue 8025 posted for the electric heating coil problem.

2020-05-29 17:28:19 -0500 commented question What equation does EnergyPlus use to calculate Surface Outside Face Beam Solar Incident Angle Cosine Value?

@mademarc Where do you get the EnergyPlus equation quoted above? In the code, I only see CTHETA calculated as a product

2020-05-29 16:51:10 -0500 answered a question Create zero-heat flux boundary condition

From the Input Output Reference, the "Adiabatic" outside boundary condition will not transfer heat out of the zone, but

2020-03-23 12:17:03 -0500 commented question Construction:AirBoundary - "Solar Enclosures" for Grouped Zones Solar Distribution

One remaining question noted below was 1-2% solar imbalance between transmitted solar, absorbed solar, and outgoing sola

2020-03-23 12:15:19 -0500 commented question Construction:AirBoundary - "Solar Enclosures" for Grouped Zones Solar Distribution

@jmwoolley et al Adding this comment at the top for good visibility. Several issues with Construction:AirBoundary have b

2020-03-06 15:58:30 -0500 commented answer Using Airflow Network with Ideal HVAC load system?

If you use EMS to override the availability schedule in the ideal loads object, you should be able to accomplish this.

2020-03-06 15:53:59 -0500 commented answer Error PsyRhoAirFnPbTdbW: RhoAir (Density of Air) is calculated <= 0 [-2.17716]

eio will have all autosizing results. Sizing results may also be found in various table outputs.

2020-03-06 15:33:27 -0500 answered a question EnergyPlus : json.exception.type_error.305

The EnergyPlus input processor is failing, because one of the objects generated by HVACTemplate is incomplete. Examining

2020-01-31 17:08:24 -0500 commented answer Using Airflow Network with Ideal HVAC load system?

AvailabilityManager:HybridVentilation is used to control natural ventilation vs HVAC system operation. However, this onl

2020-01-24 17:11:09 -0500 answered a question Discrepancies when using EMS to assign Construction:ComplexFenestrationState compared to assigning by construction name

Prompted by a helpdesk ticket (15357) referencing this post... The user file is attempting to replace a standard windo

2019-12-17 12:15:57 -0500 commented answer Construction:AirBoundary - "Solar Enclosures" for Grouped Zones Solar Distribution

Surface Inside Face Initial Transmitted Diffuse Transmitted Out Window Solar Radiation Rate may be the missing 1-2%. A q

2019-11-25 10:13:50 -0500 commented answer Construction:AirBoundary - "Solar Enclosures" for Grouped Zones Solar Distribution

Not sure. It's encouraging that the energy balances. Is the sum of Surface Inside Face Solar Radiation Heat Gain Rate th

2019-11-25 10:13:21 -0500 commented answer Construction:AirBoundary - "Solar Enclosures" for Grouped Zones Solar Distribution

Not sure. It's encouraging that the energy balances. Is the sum of Surface Inside Face Solar Radiation Heat Gain Rate th