RE: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: ZoneInfiltration:DesignFlowRate Flow/ExteriorArea vs Flow/ExteriorWallArea

[oscar hernandez <oscarhernandez_81@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Correct!!! Ground its not an outdoor surface.
Good luck.
Oscar.

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To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: lisa.ng@xxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:04:14 +0000
Subject: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: ZoneInfiltration:DesignFlowRate Flow/ExteriorArea vs Flow/ExteriorWallArea

 

Thanks Oscar. So any zone surface whose outside boundary condition is "outdoors" would be counted as external surface area, correct? If bc is "ground", that wouldn't count?

Lisa

--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, oscar hernandez <oscarhernandez_81@...> wrote:
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> You can read the input output reference pg 478.
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> To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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