Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Adiabatic surfaces & the thermal mass

[Linda Lawrie <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You need to represent that surface as "adiabatic"
in both zones.

At 07:48 AM 2/6/2012, Farhang wrote:
> In case of two zones with no
> significant temperature differences (which in my case they are 2nd and
> 3rd floor of a building), if a common surface uses itself as the outside
> environment (to act as an adiabatic surface), does EnergyPlus take into
> account the mass of this surface for each zone? All of the mass? Half of
> the mass? Or not at all?

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