[Equest-users] Ground/Water reflectance
John Aulbach
jra_sac at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 7 10:58:11 PST 2010
Found under EXTERIOR-WALK Command.
Play with this.
John
GND-REFLECTANCE
Defines the solar reflectance of the ground in the vicinity of the
EXTERIOR-WALL.
Table 6 Typical Ground Reflectance Values
Surface GND-REFLECTANCE
Asphalt (Paved) 0.18
Concrete (Bituminous) 0.10
Concrete (Light-Colored) 0.32
Concrete (Old) 0.22
Field (Green) 0.12 - 0.25
Field (Wheat) 0.07
Grass (Dry) 0.24
Ocean 0.05
Rock (Crushed) Surface 0.20
Soil (Dark) 0.08
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From: Alex Krickx <akrickx at seriousmaterials.com>
To: "Bishop, Bill" <wbishop at pathfinder-ea.com>; John Aulbach
<jra_sac at yahoo.com>; "equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org"
<equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
Sent: Tue, December 7, 2010 10:28:24 AM
Subject: RE: [Equest-users] Ground/Water reflectance
Thanks Bill and John for your responses.
I guess I would expect that the ocean would be a bit more “turbid” (seems
appropriate) – but what about for buildings facing a lake or harbor where the
water is calmer? Perhaps the additional reflected solar gain is negligible, but
my gut tells me that is not the case.
This project is a retrofit and they talked of having intense heat along the
facades facing the water. Perhaps it’s more due to the tinted single-pane glass
that gets hot (?) but my initial thought was the water is the culprit.
Is it possible to create a 2d shape in the ground plane south of the building,
and apply the reflectance to that, or do I need to apply it to the whole ground?
I looked through a previous project and didn’t see the term “GND-REFLECTANCE”
anywhere in the inp or pd2 files. Is the default to have a ground-reflectance of
0? If so, I guess I’ll run one case with 0, and one with 0.05… although I doubt
there will be much difference between the two.
Thanks again – any other thoughts on this are much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Alex Krickx
Alex Krickx
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From:Bishop, Bill [mailto:wbishop at pathfinder-ea.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 7:20 AM
To: John Aulbach; Alex Krickx; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: RE: [Equest-users] Ground/Water reflectance
Alex,
Exterior surfaces have a “Ground reflectance” property – GND-REFLECTANCE,
accessible through the Daylighting – Shading – Other tab of the exterior
surface. Reading the DOE-2 Help description, the reflectance value for “ocean”
is 0.05, implying that most solar radiation is absorbed, not reflected. I’m
guessing that the visual glare we perceive does not increase the solar load as
much as we would think. Sea monsters do not seem to have been considered by the
DOE-2 team.
Regards,
Bill
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Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 8:35 PM
To: Alex Krickx; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Ground/Water reflectance
Alex:
I wonder if the turbidity (word ??) of the water will actually not make a
difference. Any harbor will have boats, wind effects, and an occasional sea
monster disturbing the "glass" water.
Only in paintings ???
John R. Aulbach, PE, CEM
Senior Energy Engineer
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From:Alex Krickx <akrickx at seriousmaterials.com>
To: "equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org" <equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
Sent: Mon, December 6, 2010 5:11:24 PM
Subject: [Equest-users] Ground/Water reflectance
Hello everyone,
I’ve got a building that is located at the edge of a harbor with the water
directly to the south of it. How do I model a reflective surface on the ground
that represents the harbor? I feel this is key to include, as this reflectivity
will send additional heat through the windows. I looked through the archives but
didn’t see anything related to ground reflectivity.
If anyone knows how to create reflective objects and/or an appropriate value of
reflectivity for water in eQUEST, that would be most helpful.
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Alex Krickx
Alex Krickx
Building Energy Specialist
1250 Elko Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94089
(t) 408.541.8124
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