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Parisa, I would think that it would be. The TRNSYS building model can be run in a mode called "temperature level control" in which the zone temperatures are computed as a function of all the energy flows that impact them (solar, envelope, occupants, equipment, lighting, airflow exchange, HVAC equipment). The user specifies thermostat models that in turn command HVAC equipment models to try and keep the zone at its set point. Really it is an emulation of how a building actually functions. Many other building models compute heating and cooling loads based on all of the driving factors except the HVAC equipment and then impose that load on the HVAC equipment. The significant difference here is that in order to compute load, you must predefine room temperature. This sets the HVAC equipment and the other things that impact the building's temperatures on different levels. TRNSYS also has the ability to incorporate new user-written models into simulations. You could write occupant behavior models based not only on your survey data but also based on the current comfort criteria in the building such that the occupant's behavior (and the way in which it affects the building's HVAC equipment) could be tied into a feedback loop with how the HVAC equipment affects the occupants' behavior. Kind regards, David On 12/23/2013 03:05, Parisa Esmaeili
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