[Bldg-sim] Thermal Blocks in Multifamily Residential Buildings

[Sherif Farag]

Hi Jim,
Thanks for your response;
Actually the apartment has many thermostatic controllers, one thermostat per room, but my interoperation for the ASHRAE 90.1 is that thermal block could combine more than one thermal zone, do you agree?
What do you think.
Thanks;
Sherif
> On Oct 26, 2015, at 2:39 AM, Jim Dirkes <jim at buildingperformanceteam.com> wrote:
> 
> If an apartment has a single thermostat, then it makes no sense to model it as more than one zone - because it IS a single zone.
> 
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 6:06 PM, Julien Marrec <julien.marrec at gmail.com <mailto:julien.marrec at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Is this a LEED project?
> 
> Long story short, no I don't think this is a reasonable comment.
> One block per apartment is common practice, and you can merge block if their share a similar orientation.
> 
> Julien
> 
> Envoyé de mon iPhone
> 
> Le 25 oct. 2015 à 13:01, Sherif Farag <sherif.sabr at gmail.com <mailto:sherif.sabr at gmail.com>> a écrit :
> 
>> Dear Modellers;
>> 
>> I am modelled a multifamily residential building with thermal blocks following ASHRAE 90.1:2007 Table G3.1 item 9. but I received a comment from the reviewer asking me to follow Table G3.1 item 7a and justified the comment because the living areas and bedroom areas having different occupancy profiles, he also suggested that (to simplify the profiles) the occupants are in the living space from 1800hrs to 2400hrs and in the bedroom spaces 0000hrs to 0800hrs.
>> 
>> Is this a reasonable comment?
>> Did anybody here had a similar experience?
>> 
>> I will appreciate your feedback & recommendations.
>> 
>> Thanks & Regards; 
>>  
>> Sherif Farag <>
>> Sustainability Consultant
>> 
>> P.O. Box: 127842
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>> Abu Dhabi, UAE
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>> M: +971 55 199 0022 <tel:%2B971%2055%20199%200022> | E: sherif.sabr at gmail.com <mailto:sherif.sabr at gmail.com> | Skype ID: sherif.farag9
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