[Equest-users] A mothod to set WWR in detailed mode

Ting Wang wangting.ioz at gmail.com
Sun Oct 19 18:43:13 PDT 2014


Hi Yongqing,

Thanks for your input. It's brilliant!

Regards,
Ting Wang

On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 8:29 PM, 冷面寒枪 <503271081 at qq.com> wrote:

> When we perform energy analysis in preliminary design stage ,there is a
> situation often occurs,which is the Window to Wall Ratio (WWR) is
> frequently changed. But in eQUEST, WWR can only be set in wizard mode.And
> once we enter the detailed mode,we can not return wizard mode.So if we have
> entered the detailed mode,how can we change the WWR? Is there a way to
> manipulate WWR in detailed mode?
>
> Below is the solution:
>
>
>
> Firstly,set WWR to value as large as possible in wizard mode,and then
> enter the detailed mode.
>
> Secondly,create four global parameters,named E,S,W and N ,which represent
> for East,South,West and North WWR respectively.
>
> Thirdly,default the height of all windows using follwing expression.
>
> if (MOD(#p3("AZIMUTH")+#p2("AZIMUTH")+#p("AZIMUTH"),360) >= 0
>
>   && MOD(#p3("AZIMUTH")+#p2("AZIMUTH")+#p("AZIMUTH"),360)<60 ) then
> #PA("N")*#P3("FLOOR-HEIGHT")*#P("WIDTH")/#L("WIDTH")
> else if(MOD(#p3("AZIMUTH")+#p2("AZIMUTH")+#p("AZIMUTH"),360)  >= 300
>
>     && MOD(#p3("AZIMUTH")+#p2("AZIMUTH")+#p("AZIMUTH"),360)<360 )
>
>     then #PA("N")*#P3("FLOOR-HEIGHT")*#P("WIDTH")/#L("WIDTH")
>
>         else if(MOD(#p3("AZIMUTH")+#p2("AZIMUTH")+#p("AZIMUTH"),360)  >= 60
>
>             && MOD(#p3("AZIMUTH")+#p2("AZIMUTH")+#p("AZIMUTH"),360)<150 )
>
>             then  #PA("E")*#P3("FLOOR-HEIGHT")*#P("WIDTH")/#L("WIDTH")
>
>                 else if(MOD(#p3("AZIMUTH")+#p2("AZIMUTH")+#p("AZIMUTH"),360)  >= 150
>
>                     && MOD(#p3("AZIMUTH")+#p2("AZIMUTH")+#p("AZIMUTH"),360)<210 )
>
>                     then  #PA("S")*#P3("FLOOR-HEIGHT")*#P("WIDTH")/#L("WIDTH")
>
>                     else  #PA("W")*#P3("FLOOR-HEIGHT")*#P("WIDTH")/#L("WIDTH")
>
>                     endif
>
>                 endif
>
>         endif
>
> endif
>
> If you want to change WWR,you can only change the global parameters.For
> example:
>
> In your project,
>
> East WWR is 30 %,
>
> South WWR is 50 %,
>
> West WWR is 20 %,
>
> and North WWR is 40 %.
>
> In eQUEST detailed mode,you can modify global parameter E to 0.3,S to
> 0.5,W to 0.2 and N to 0.4.
>
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