[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Schedule 10001 - Output Value is 1hr too early

["jeannieboef" <jeannieboef@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi James,

Thanks again for taking an interest. I took great pains to define my occupation schedule for this project. I have a half hourly work day schedule for my occupation (fractional multipliers between 0 and 1) which are multiplied to the maximum occupation for each zone (which is the zone area of the facility area times the peak occupation for the facility as a whole.) I'm not going to go into the derivation of the schedule as it's another topic, but suffice to say that I get how occupation is set up.

My thought was...does e+ set up a minimum outdoor schedule somewhere in it's inner workings during auto-sizing using the occupation schedule used in the PEOPLE object? 

I ask because I left the ODA controller the ability to throttle down to zero ODA granted, but both my zone and system sizing objects DEMAND a specific FLOW/ZONE Minimum ODA rate manually set AND a "always 1" schedule that I use in my fan object. I should always be getting my required Min. ODA rate...also at night!...also unoccupied!

I'm at home now, but will mail you the idf...it's huge but I'll point you to the first zone as an example.

Cheers,

Jean.

--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "James V Dirkes II, PE" <jim@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Jeannie,
> 
>  
> 
> I have not been following your thread closely, but it may be worth
> mentioning that occupied periods for E+ are defined as any time PEOPLE are
> in the space.  This, in turn, is dependent on the People object schedules
> that you specify.
> 
>  
> 
> The Building Performance Team
> James V. Dirkes II, P.E., LEED AP
> 1631 Acacia Drive NW
> Grand Rapids, MI 49504
> 616 450 8653
> 
>  
> 
> From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jeannieboef
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 9:38 AM
> To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Schedule 10001 - Output Value is 1hr too
> early
> 
>  
> 
>   
> 
> Like I said, I've put the flag to off and it's busy running now.
> 
> Shouldn't this though only effect the autosizing of objects capacities? How
> does this reflect on schedules? I still don't understand why my "always on"
> fan drops to zero when there is no occupation. I set the MIN ODA in both the
> system and zone sizing objects and actually expected the fan be constantly
> on. I was planning on changing my "always on" schedule at a later point to
> something co-insiding with occupation...but I've not got that far given the
> other hickups.
> 
> --- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:EnergyPlus_Support%40yahoogroups.com> , Linda Lawrie <linda@>
> wrote:
> >
> > That;s about DST on the weather file (which none of ours have).
> > 
> > Do you have any DST special periods, or the DST flag set in the Design
> Day.
> > 
> > If you can't figure it, send the file to me or to the helpdesk.
> > 
> > At 07:10 AM 10/13/2010, jeannieboef wrote:
> > >I've checked this as first port of call.
> > >RunPeriod,
> > >.
> > >.
> > >.
> > >.
> > >.
> > >etc,
> > > No, !- Use 
> > > WeatherFile DaylightSavingPeriod - will use daylight saving time shown
> below
> > >.
> > >.
> > >.
> > >
> > >--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:EnergyPlus_Support%40yahoogroups.com> , Linda Lawrie <linda@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Are you using daylighting saving time?
> > > >
> > > > This use causes schedules to be shifted by one hour.
> > > >
> > > > Helpdesk reply: When active, DaylightSavingTime will shift all
> > > > scheduled items by one hour.
> > > > Reporting is always in standard time and uses the same day type 
> > > (e.g. Tuesday).
> > > >
> > > > It's also in the Tips & Tricks book.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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