[TRNSYS-users] TRNSYS 16 - Building walls and orientation.

[Elias Sasati <elias.sasati@gmail.com>]

Dear TRNSYS users,

I have some questions about  building philosophy in TRNSYS, and maybe the answers help me understand how TRNBUILD works. I have attached a scetch to make it easier giving me some answers. 

There are two thermal zones I want to study, first of all:

•  Do I have to enter "storage room" and "closet" in the bui file as zones ?
• Z1's floor is type "boundary", Z2's floor some portion is "ADJACENT" to Z1, the remaining is "EXTERNAL" ?
• Z2's top is "HORIZONTAL", the remaining of Z1 which is not "ADJACENT" is "EXTERNAL" or "HORIZONTAL" 

Also I'd like to know if a use a massless layer which has equivalent U-value with a massive will I get the same results? There are some standards about U and just want to get results without trying to make layers that satisfy Umax.

I tried to understand the "Advanced TRNBuild example" but can't find the bui file to study it.  If anyone would like to share a more advanced construction just to take lesson from, please attach the bui file with a blueprint.

Thank you all for your time,

Elias  

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