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Modelling a residential complex

 
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bhanware



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:43 am    Post subject: Modelling a residential complex Reply with quote
I have to model a residential complex having 512 houses. These houses are spread over 5 buildings having 20-30 floors in each building.
How should I define zones in DB to reduce the time required for simulation and at the same time not compromising on the quality of results?
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Laurent_Support



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hello,

Simulation time for a building about 100 houses will be expensive.

I suggest that :

    * you draw only ground floor, a middle floor and the upper one
    * you add adiabatic component blocks in place of other stories
    * for each house, merge zone that have same exposition, ventilation, etc to avoid creating partitions and zones not really significant
    * or may be create a complete apartment only to get fine grain outputs but use general stories for annual energy calculation


This is usual strategies we use.
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