[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Multiple buildings in 1 idf file

[Mário <mneves32@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Sotiris,

Yes you can have the buildings in one file but, consider the folowing points:
 - are the builldngs complex in termos of geomatry?
 - do they have systems in commun?
 - what will gain from doing this?

This means that you have to consider the simulation time that your model wil take to run and the complexcity of the system/s witch also means a larger probabilaty for erros to hapen.

- Eficient Buildings = Eficient Simulatiuons 

In my opinion take on one at a time and ajust the shadowing using the building shadowing objects.

Best Regards.
MN

--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Sotiris Papantoniou" <sotos.enveng@...> wrote:
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> Hello group,
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> I was wondering whether I could input more than 2 buildings in one .idf file. I actually have 4 buildings shading each other all modeled thermally.  Do you think I could have them in one .idf file??
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> Thank you in advance
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> Sotiris Papantoniou
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