What you are doing is one of the best if not the best method to check that your facility structure is working properly.
The most common thing that is forgotten or underestimated is the infiltration rates and or window operation and the resulting ventilation.
Also to consider is properly accounting for thermal breaks that devalue the insulation rating of the construction buildup.
That being said, the new buildings are very insulated and air tight and have certain unexpected results sometimes. If there is no ventilation (which has become the main way for these new spaces to loose heat) it could quite possibly leed to temperatures over 25 C even in winter.
Jean
ÂHello, I have a problem with temperature inside my zones. It's a two zone model simulating a 80m2 detached house on one floor located in Pisa (Italy): there is no plant or system, just surfaces, constructions and internal loads (people, lights, electric equipment and gas). With a 0 value to all loads, the output values are realistic compared to outside temperature (maybe quite high the same I don't realize), but using the loads I supposed for the house, (I think the electric equipment is too high maybe, and the same for gas, but I tried to be more realistic with the paired schedule), the inside temperature increase too much, about +14-25° C compared with the NoLoads file, reaching unrealistic values (with no plant or system, I expect a lower inside temperature during January for example, just about 10-12°C). I'm using a weather data file from E+ online library. I think that loads are the problem here, as I tried to made a simulation with default constructions having the same problem. I also tried to decrease the highest loads but inside temperaure didn't decrease enough.
Hope someone could help me. Thanks.
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