[Bldg-sim] zoning for a high accuracy single family dwelling

[Jacob Faiola]

Hi all;

I am building an eQUEST model for an international net-zero home design competition, and I am trying to maximize accuracy. Does it make sense to zone each room individually, and manually characterize the behavior of all the appliances (they will be high efficiency)? Or should I just zone the whole house as a single-family dwelling and consider eQUEST's default loads to be close enough? The concern is that a lot of special appliances will be used and it seems like eQUEST's defaults might be inaccurate.

thanks,
Jacob


      
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