[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Calculating effective SHGC

["Liam O'Brien" <obrien_liam@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Reporting back...3 months later. I calculated the effective SHGC of the windows by running two simulations: one with the regular weather file; one with the solar columns zeroed.

--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Liam O'Brien" <liambrn@...> wrote:
>
> Good call. I'll try this out and report back with anything interesting.
> 
> Cheers,
> Liam
> 
> --- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jason Kirkpatrick <jason.alan.kirkpatrick@> wrote:
> >
> > Liam,
> > 
> > An alternative may be to "turn off the temperature difference". You could
> > modify the weather file so that the outdoor air properties are = to your
> > setpoint temperature. this way, all of the heat transferred by the windows
> > is due to solar gain and not convective flow due to temperature difference
> > across the exterior surfaces.
> > 
> > Just an idea.
> > 
> > Jason
> >
>




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