[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Studing the effect of internal surfaces in thermal simulation + lighting

["motabmx1" <motabmx1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andy,

I would like to ask you a few questions about designbuilder and we would be very grateful if you could answer them.

I need to model a passivhaus, the house has a mechanical ventilation with a heat recovery, is it possible to simulate this using designbuilder?

I have often use energyplus and openstudio, how difficult is to get started with program? is any free manual available? I need to hand in my msc dessirtation by December

Is it possible to open the file directly in energy plus (ep-launch) and then open again in designbuilder?

How difficult is to create a radiances file, is all the information in model transfer to the radiance model too? (Material properties) 

Is the program available to students to low price?

Thanks

Kind regards

Fernando

--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andy Tindale <andy.tindale@...> wrote:
>
> You could look at the DesignBuilder v3 software which provides EnergyPlus and Radiance simulations from the same model. You can define furniture for use in the Radiance simulation. DB v3 only provides illuminance output on a working plane so you might need to post-process the results yourself to calculate light-re-reflection out through windows.
> 
> DesignBuilder also has an option to export the .rad file.
> 
> For more info see:
> 
> www.designbuilder.com
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Andy
> 
> Andy Tindale
> DesignBuilder Software ltd
> www.designbuilder.com
> Tel: +44 (0)1453 755500
> 
> From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of motabmx1
> Sent: 14 September 2011 11:52
> To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [EnergyPlus_Support] Studing the effect of internal surfaces in thermal simulation + lighting
> 
> 
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I am writing my dissertation about the effect of internal masses (specially furniture in thermal analysis, lightikng and solar patching, I am trying to couple energyplus with a lighting program that allows me to calculate how much light is refleted back to the outside if furniture is added to a zone. Have anyone a suggestion? I have try to use open studio plug-in 0.4.0 to create the internal furniture and then convert the model in a radiances model but i am not finding very complicate to do that any suggestions on that?
> 
> Thanks all
>




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