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Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Building Geometry



Hi maria,

Trace mid line of outer and inner boundary.
When ever you trace line in design builder 50% if wall come in and 50% out.

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Waseem Shah Khan

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On Mar 17, 2015 9:30 PM, "rumeomar@xxxxxxxxx [EnergyPlus_Support]" <EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 

Hello,

Can someone please help me with this:

I have an AutoCAD file of an old home that was retrofitted with thick (insulated walls).  It is a low-energy retrofit and the walls are really thick!
 When I  trace it to define the building footprint,should I be tracing the OUTSIDE (exterior dimensions) of the building (the brick face) or the INNER dimensions of the building (the interior face of the exterior walls)? or should I draw a line in the middle of them and use that 'CENTER LINE' as my building footprint?

Do you know the wall construction goes INWARD or OUTWARD from the building footprint you set?

My fear is that by using the outside dimensions, then if the wall construction goes 'outward' of these defined lines, then I am modelling a larger house ( the volume of the house in the model is greater than the actual volume) .

Does anyone have experience with modelling thick-wall retrofits who can answer my questions?
It is a small house, so if I trace the interior dimensions I will get significantly different results than tracing exterior dimensions.  

Thank you,

Maria



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