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[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Solar radiation on building surface

Thank you! Edwin. I will give it a try.

--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Edwin Lee <leeed2001@...> wrote:
>
> There are a number of output variables you can use for solar radiation on
> surfaces:
> 
> Surface Ext Solar Incident [W/m2]
> Surface Ext Solar Beam Incident [W/m2]
> Surface Ext Solar Sky Diffuse Incident [W/m2]
> Surface Ext Solar Ground Diffuse Incident [W/m2]
> 
> Just report whatever variables you want for whatever surfaces you want, and
> add them up.  You will need the area of each surface to convert the watts
> per m2 into just watts, the areas can be found in the eplusout.eio output.
> 
> Edwin
> 
> 
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 04:30, Xing <xing.shi.2006@...> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Can I use EnergyPlus to calculate the annual total amount of solar
> > radiation received by a building's all surfaces? How should I do it and
> > output the results?
> >
> > Many thanks!
> >
> >  
> >
>




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