Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] a question about ground floor calculations

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

It is difficult to say for sure.  It depends on how large the temperature 
difference is, and if the zones are controlled to different temperatures or 
free-floating.  One approach would be to use the average of the zone 
temperatures.  

Mike


On 27 Jan 2008 at 19:58, Simge Andolsun wrote:

> I am simulating a 40mx40m, 10 story high building. Each floor is divided into 5
> zones. Each zone gives different mean air temperatures. In order to calculate
> ground floor temperatures, the mean air temperature of which zone should be
> entered into slab.exe ? Should it be the core zone?...or should I decouple the
> ground floor from the ground by defining itself as the other zone surface and
> run the simulations? if so, what should be entered as the ground floor
> temperatures? Because the mean air temperature of each zone will be different
> anyway. May anybody help me?
> 
>   Thanks in advance,
> 
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