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2018-01-11 17:00:03 -0500 asked a question CBECC-com Compliance Report Generation

CBECC-com Compliance Report Generation I am sure I am missing a very basic step for CBECC-com but somehow am not able t

2017-09-29 15:13:44 -0500 commented question Chinese buildings energy consumption data

I want to add 1 more thing here - I found a paper by Joe Huang where he has compared the 6 cities of China based on the

2017-09-29 14:58:07 -0500 asked a question Chinese buildings energy consumption data

Chinese buildings energy consumption data Can you please direct me where can I find the Chinese buildings' energy consum

2017-09-29 14:45:27 -0500 commented answer Internally "conditioned" Cavity Windows (not double skin facade)

Thanks @kwalkerman Yes, I have used this airflow windows component by moving my energy model from OS to EnergyPlus. Muc

2017-09-29 14:44:40 -0500 marked best answer Internally "conditioned" Cavity Windows (not double skin facade)

We have a case to model where the office windows will have 1-2 inch cavity between 2 glass panels, and instead of a glass fill (like Argon or anything) we will have supply air pipes through the mullions. These pipes will basically act as "air curtains" where they will supply the cold air during the summers, and hot air during the winters.

I already have looked into the previous (as per my knowledge), and I wasn't able to find anything like this.

If anyone has any experience, comments, feedback etc, please feel free to share. I am not able to figure out how to model this either in Openstudio or EnergyPlus. Any feedback on "work around" will also be helpful.

2017-09-28 08:55:07 -0500 commented answer Internally "conditioned" Cavity Windows (not double skin facade)

I appreciate your feedback. For your question "why on Earth do you need to do this..?", I will reach back on the forum w

2017-09-26 17:50:57 -0500 commented question Internally "conditioned" Cavity Windows (not double skin facade)

Mullions will act as diffusers.

2017-09-26 17:44:16 -0500 edited question Internally "conditioned" Cavity Windows (not double skin facade)

Internally "conditioned" Cavity Windows (not double skin facade) We have a case to model where the office windows will h

2017-09-26 17:04:51 -0500 asked a question Internally "conditioned" Cavity Windows (not double skin facade)

Internally "conditioned" Cavity Windows (not double skin facade) We have a case to model where the office windows will h

2017-09-20 13:00:01 -0500 marked best answer Balance Point for the thermal zones

How can I calculate the balance point temperature (wikipedia) in Openstudio?

Is it right to assume that if the cooling load is zero for a zone, it means we have a "balance point" situation in it?

Is there any report that allows us to know what will be the outside temperature when we attain this condition?

I went through some old posts, but didn't find a lot of information on it.

2017-09-20 12:57:57 -0500 edited answer Balance Point for the thermal zones

I did my own research last night as per the attached paper & other info. Let me explain what was the intention of

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2017-09-20 12:56:09 -0500 edited answer Balance Point for the thermal zones

I did my own research last night as per the attached paper & other info. Let me explain what was the intention of

2017-09-20 12:53:21 -0500 answered a question Balance Point for the thermal zones

I did my own research last night as per the attached paper & other info. Let me explain what was the intention of

2017-09-20 12:34:45 -0500 commented answer Balance Point for the thermal zones

Thanks for the effort. Just for your FYI, ECAM tool (https://www.cacx.org/PIER/ecam/) is also a great tool for M&V s

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2017-09-19 16:36:47 -0500 asked a question Balance Point for the thermal zones

Balance Point for the thermal zones How can I calculate the balance point temperature in Openstudio? https://en.wikiped

2017-09-05 15:11:02 -0500 commented question Massing Optimization - Needs to understand the results

@david Goldwasser - I actually am planning to compare the daily runs for all the forms in Calgary climate. I think solar

2017-09-05 15:08:23 -0500 commented question Massing Optimization - Needs to understand the results

@jasonGlazer the daylighting impact is very less compare to the heating.

2017-09-05 15:07:35 -0500 commented question Peak Cooling Demand is Zero even there is good amount of Cooling Energy Consumption

I modeled the elevators as the exterior lighting for the concept level phase.

2017-09-01 17:05:41 -0500 asked a question Massing Optimization - Needs to understand the results

Massing Optimization - Needs to understand the results I am trying to study the energy consumption trend for different f

2017-09-01 16:59:10 -0500 commented answer Peak Cooling Demand is Zero even there is good amount of Cooling Energy Consumption

I ran it with TMY2 weather data, worked fine.

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2017-09-01 16:58:53 -0500 commented answer Peak Cooling Demand is Zero even there is good amount of Cooling Energy Consumption

I think the TMY3 files for anchorage has some issues too.

2017-08-31 16:57:13 -0500 asked a question Peak Cooling Demand is Zero even there is good amount of Cooling Energy Consumption

Peak Cooling Demand is Zero even there is good amount of Cooling Energy Consumption Can anyone explain me the different

2017-08-28 18:54:11 -0500 commented question SSR/Telecom/Server Room Equipment Power Density Assumptions

It's always good to ask the client on the load they have for the server room as It varies WIDELY from office to office.

2017-08-28 18:53:42 -0500 commented question SSR/Telecom/Server Room Equipment Power Density Assumptions

It's always good to ask the client on the load they have for the server room as It varies WIDELY from office to office.

2017-08-18 11:43:12 -0500 answered a question plug loads detailed Yearly consumption

You need to calculate the total peak demand of the specific plug load for a specific area type. Ex: 1W/sf of plug load

2017-08-17 19:20:17 -0500 commented question how can I set the mixing air between two thermal zones?

Did you create the airwall between them? If not, you need to do that first. https://unmethours.com/question/21375/script

2017-08-16 13:10:43 -0500 answered a question How to design an occupancy schedule based on Area/person method? what does the fract 0.0 or 0.05 or 0.2 mean?

There are two things you need to provide to provide hourly schedule for the occupancy. (1.) The peak occupancy value (it

2017-08-16 10:53:40 -0500 commented answer energyplus/ activity level table

I prefer (and most of engineers around me atleast) using Activity level in W/person rather W/sqm. If you bring the sched

2017-08-15 16:55:38 -0500 answered a question Simple glazing system unavailable

Either you need to drag a material from the library, or click on the tiny green "plus" sign on the bottom left corner. I

2017-08-15 16:53:21 -0500 answered a question energyplus/ activity level table

http://bigladdersoftware.com/epx/docs/8-0/input-output-reference/page-015.html#people Table: Metabolic Rates for Variou

2017-08-15 14:46:03 -0500 answered a question Use/Convert all OpenStudio measures to SI & run on OpenStudio server in SI

You are right, majority of NREL written measures takes the inputs (or 'arguments' in scripting world) in IP units. These

2017-08-14 16:05:01 -0500 answered a question changing weather data

You can make changes in the weather file (which isnt recommended as Ralph mentioned unless your source (for the changes)

2017-08-10 18:52:22 -0500 commented question QtWebEnginerProcess.exe - No Disk Error

No I don't.....

2017-08-09 18:10:59 -0500 asked a question QtWebEnginerProcess.exe - No Disk Error

QtWebEnginerProcess.exe - No Disk Error Hi everyone, Did anyone of you have this issue what I am facing with OS 2.x ver

2017-07-05 12:02:05 -0500 marked best answer "ASHRAE Baseline" measures Guidelines

I used to have the guidelines to implement in the "design case" OS model to generate the ASHRAE baseline using the measure. Can anyone provide me the documentation for that?

Also, what if I have mixed use building to model (residence+offices)? Will this measure take care of that too?