[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Grid shading

["alexandrevarela2000" <amv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andy,

Thank you very much for your help, DesignBuilder has been a good help 
in getting out of modelling problems, and I would be more than 
thankful if you would be so kind as to send me the example file.

My e-mail address is amv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

Thanks again,
Alexandre

--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Andy Tindale" <andy@d...> 
wrote:
> Alexandre
> 
> You can achieve your 'Grid shading' by placing 10 x 6cm wide X 60cm 
high
> Windows side-by-side, each window having 2 sidefins (1 vertical 
shading
> device each side of each window) and 10 louvres (horizontal blades 
evenly
> spaced).
> 
> This is very simple to set up using DesignBuilder - just draw one 
window of
> the correct size, clone it nine times and set up the appropriate 
external
> shading device.
> 
> I have put together a simple example grid shading DesignBuilder 
file - if
> you're interested in seeing it please let me know and I will send 
it to you.
> 
> Andy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> alexandrevarela2000
> Sent: Mittwoch, 7. September 2005 10:08
> To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [EnergyPlus_Support] Grid shading
> 
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I'm trying to model a shaded façade. It's a south facing façade 
with an
> external shading. The external shading is a mesh of 6 x 6cm squares
> with 4cm depth, one meter apart from the outer façade surface.
> 
> At first I thought about using two blinds, one vertical and one
> horizontal blind postioned one after the other, but I realised that 
I
> can only use one shading device per window.
> 
> I could try to model the grid as an equivalent shading device, but I
> think that this is not so easy to do (determining the grid's 
radiation
> properties), and on the other hand the main scope of the model is to
> model the actual grid.
> 
> Thank you very much for yout time, best regards,
> Alexandre
> 
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