Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Partial building simulation and partial buried walls

[Linda Lawrie <linda@xxxxxxxxxx>]

For no heat transfer through the walls, you want adiabatic 
surfaces.  You get those by telling EnergyPlus that the Outside 
environment is the wall you are using.

That is:
   Surface:HeatTransfer,
     Zn003:Wall004,           !- User Supplied Surface Name
     Wall,                    !- Surface Type
     PARTITION06,             !- Construction Name of the Surface
     NORTH ZONE,              !- InsideFaceEnvironment
     OtherZoneSurface,        !- OutsideFaceEnvironment
     Zn003:Wall004,           !- OutsideFaceEnvironment Object

To represent other spaces that are unconditioned can be a bit 
tricky.  If they are the same as outside conditions, you could call 
it ExteriorEnvironment but give the surfaces No Sun or Wind exposure.

Or you can look at the Other Side Coefficients use -- with that you 
can set a temperature profile (or other conditions) for those 
surfaces.  It's a little tricky and not, obviously, as accurate as 
modeling the other zones but should do.


Linda

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