RE: [EnergyPlus_Support] simulation settings to shorten the run time

Those 4 months may not be the peak months for temps or solar. The design data provided with most weather files (.DDY) includes the hottest and coldest month � the moonths used for the design conditions are the hottest and coldest:

! Washington Dc Dulles IntL Ar_VA_USA Annual Heating 99.6%, MaxDB=-11.8°C

SizingPeriod:DesignDay,

Washington Dc Dulles IntL Ar Ann Htg 99.6% Condns DB, !- Name

1, !- Month

21, !- Day of Month

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! Washington Dc Dulles IntL Ar Annual Cooling Design Conditions Wind Speed=4m/s Wind Dir=290

! Hottest Month=JUL

! Washington Dc Dulles IntL Ar_VA_USA Annual Cooling (DB=>MWB) .4%, MaxDB=34.1°C MWB=23.9°C

SizingPeriod:DesignDay,

Washington Dc Dulles IntL Ar Ann Clg .4% Condns DB=>MWB, !- Name

7, !- Month

21, !- Day of Month

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You can find the hottest and coldest month in the CSV file included with the install: C:\EnergyPlusV8-2-0\PreProcess\WeatherConverter\ ASHRAE_2013_Yearly_DesignConditions.csv (these are the same data as the 2013 ASHRAE Fundamentals Chapter 14 Climatic Data Information).

Column N has the ‘ColdestMonth’ and column AD has the ‘HottestMonth’.

From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
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Subject: Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] simulation settings to shorten the run time

Create 4 different RunPeriods, one for each of the days you mention - something like this:

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On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 7:13 AM, ipekgursel@xxxxxxxxx [EnergyPlus_Support] <EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

I am linking EnergyPlus (and Radiance) to an evolutionary optimization tool that I am developing. To be able to generate and evaluate many design alternatives, I need to significantly shorten the simulation run time. The 4 calculations I am doing are heating load (21 dec.), cooling load (21 june), and lighting load (21 mar and 23 sep). what are the simulation settings that I can change?

I already simplified the model as much as I can. My question is only about the simulation...

thanks in advance!!!

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The Building Performance Team Inc.
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