Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] thermal comfort

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

1.  See Engineering Reference section on Thermal Comfort, beginning on p. 447 
(pdf p. 485).

2.  In order to determine heating and cooling loads in EnergyPlus, you need to 
specify temperature controls and some type of HVAC system.  The simplest system 
is "purchased air" which is an infinite supply of hot and cold air.  This can 
be used to calculate loads without specifying a full HVAC system.  There is a 
sample file called "PurchAir.idf" in the EnergyPlus\ExampleFiles folder which 
will show you the objects required.  To determine approximate envelope loads, 
run a simulation with no internal gains.

Mike


On 10 Feb 2005, at 2:59, mohammed khaylani wrote:

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> hi
> i am fine with E+ but i need to now 2 things:
> 1) which variables are usually used to measure thermal comfort for the building
> occupants 2) if i want to know the total energy which will be recieved by the
> zone from the natural environment(sun wind....etc) ignoring occupants,lights 
> and electric equipments WHAT shall i do? what can i use to measure it? thanks
> mohammed s. khaylani
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EnergyPlus Testing and Support      
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