Vinay,
In
DesignBuilder, the zone surfaces and volumes used in calculations are
generated from the internal dimensions of the block i.e. the wall thickness is subtracted
from the length and width of zone for the area/volume calculations. That’s
the reason you see different zone areas. The zone area is calculated from
geometry in EnergyPlus. You can find more details in DesignBuilder Program Help.
Here is a quick link:
http://www.designbuilder.co.uk/helpv2/Content/Wall_Thickness.htm
regards,
Mahabir Bhandari
From:
EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Vinay Devanathan
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 5:08 PM
To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [EnergyPlus_Support] Zone Area
Hello
All,
I
have been using Designbuilder to build the geometry using an imported CAD file.
But somehow I get to a point where the Zone areas tend to be different from
what is mentioned in the drawings.
Is
there any way in energyplus where we can assign floor areas for each zone or it
is just calculated from the geometry?
Any
help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank
you.
Regards,
Vinay
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