Pedro.
On 06-10-2011 15:36, josep.sole@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Concerning thermal bridges in buildings I’m not fully agree.
If thermal bridges are not avoided they will a big issue specially in Passive Houses or Nearly Zero Energy houses then you need to take care before to say “…you shouldn’t worried very much….”-
For your specific case have a look on “Composite wall constructions” in IO reference document probably will help you
For linear thermal bridges due to intersection between building elements some special care is needed when modeling in Energy +
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De: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Pedro Peixeiro
Enviado el: jueves, 06 de octubre de 2011 16:05
Para: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] modelling thermal bridging in energy plus
If you model your house accurately (surface geometry, surface layers and materials) you shouldn't be worried too much about thermal bridging, the software takes care of properly simulating heat transfer through the surfaces. When dealing with windows, however, there are two fields related to thermal bridging due to window frames in the WindowProperty:FrameAndDivider object: "Ratio of Frame-Edge Glass Conductance to Center-Of-Glass Conductance" and "Ratio of Divider-Edge Glass Conductance to Center-Of-Glass Conductance". Look them up in the I/O Reference document, and see for yourself if they are of any use to you (they will only be usefull for window frames, as mentioned).
Infiltration rates can be obtained using the zone infiltration objects (in the IDF, they are under the zone airflow group). Again, take a look at the documents to see how they work.
As for natural ventilation, things might get a bit more tricky. For this, you have to use the AirflowNetwork:Multizone objects. These are a bit more complex, and you should expect the need to spend a bit more time around this to learn how it works. The documentation provides much information on the AN setup (look first in the I/O ref document) and you can also take a look at the example file AirflowNetwork3zvent, for starters. Any further questions/problems you encounter, feel free to ask.
Note: you wont be able to use the zone infiltration objects at the same time you use the airflow network (simply because its the way the software works). The first ones are there for a more general approach on zone infiltration, whereas the airflow network is for detailed natural ventilation prediction and zone infiltration.
Pedro.
On 06-10-2011 12:31, tichaona wrote:
Dear Collegues
I am just beginning using Energy Plus. I am creating geometry using Open Studio and then importing it to Energy Plus. I have modelled a light steel frame house, which has glasswool in combination with light steel, hence there is going to be thermal bridging. How can i input this in the energy plus IDF editor. How can i also input infiltration rates in the energy plus IDF editor? How can I also do natural ventilation analysis using the IDF editor. I will be very gratefull for any help in this regard.
Kind Regards
T. K