Fw: [EnergyPlus_Support] Changing orientation of building

Thanks, James

It worked, I rotated the building by 44 deg (instead of 45) and now WWR is exactly 40% on each wall.

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From: "James V Dirkes II, PE" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 3 January, 2011 8:07:30 PM
Subject: RE: [EnergyPlus_Support] Changing orientation of building

Dear All,

I have not examined the wall area relationships in such detail as you are doing, but I suspect that you might want to try rotating 44 degrees. There may be some confusion within E+ because you are exactly on the dividing line between North and East.

The Building Performance Team
James V. Dirkes II, P.E., LEED AP
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Grand Rapids, MI 49504
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From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pregas Srinivasan
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 9:31 AM
To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Changing orientation of building

Nick,

Why the wall opening area @ East is 625.08 (m2)? Is should be 417.54 (40 % of 1043.85) according to you. For some reason wall area @ east is addition of 207.54+417.54= 625.08

PS

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Nick Long <nickenergy124@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks Pedro,

But when i changed the orientation to 45deg, the window wall ratio summary is as follows (earlier WWR was 40% on all 4 walls). But here in South it indicates zero.

Can anyone help in explaning this.

Window-Wall Ratio

	Total	North (315 to 45 deg)	East (45 to 135 deg)	South (135 to 225 deg)	West (225 to 315 deg)
Gross Wall Area [m2]	3125.39	518.85	1043.85	518.85	1043.85
Window Opening Area [m2]	1250.16	207.54	625.08	0.00	417.54
Window-Wall Ratio [%]	40.00	40.00	59.88	0.00	40.00

Thanks in advance.

From: Pedro Peixeiro <ppeixeiro@xxxxxxx>
To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 3 January, 2011 4:19:46 PM
Subject: Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Changing orientation of building

Hello Nick.

On the Building object you can specify the angle between the north axis and the y axis of the building. In the IDF editor, its under the Simulation Parameters group, right at the start.

Pedro

On 03-01-2011 10:40, Nick Long wrote:

Dear all

I need to study the performance of building at different orientation, how can i do that in idf file, keeping all the other envelop details same.

Thanks and Regards

Nick