Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Shading Surface Reflectance referencing Surface:Shading:Detached:Building?

["Michael J. Witte" <mjwitte@xxxxxxxx>]

In the BUILDING object, the Solar Distribution field must be set to 
"FullExteriorWithReflections" or "FullInteriorAndExteriorWithReflections".

Mike


On 5 Jul 2007 at 10:24, ooikoonbeng2004 wrote:

> Hello everyone, 
> 
> If what i type for subject is wrong, please correct me. 
> 
> i entered the name "Wall of Virtual Lab" into the User Supplied 
> Surface Name and 4 vertices into the Surface:Shading:Detached:Building 
> object. i also entered "Wall of Virtual Lab" into the "Name of 
> Surface: Shading object" field of the Shading Surface Reflectance 
> object. 
> 
> i got the following warning: 
> 
> ** Warning ** The following lines are "Orphan Objects".  These objects 
> are in the idf
>    **   ~~~   **  file but are never obtained by the simulation and 
> therefore are NOT used.
>    **   ~~~   **  See InputOutputReference document for more details.
>    ************* Object=SHADING SURFACE REFLECTANCE=WALL OF VIRTUAL LAB
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated, for i do have a wall near the 
> building envelope that i think is reflecting solar radiation. 
> 
> Many thanks. 
> 
> ooi
> 
> 
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Michael J. Witte, GARD Analytics, Inc.
EnergyPlus Testing and Support      
EnergyPlus-Support@xxxxxxxx





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