<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Hi Timur<br></span></div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Have a look at <span style="font-weight:normal">Section </span><b><span style="font-weight:normal">3.3.1. Zone-typing</span></b> on:<br>
</span><pre><i><font><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Paul Raftery, Marcus Keane, James O’Donnell</span></font></i></pre><font><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><i>Calibrating whole building energy models: An evidence-based methodology, Energy and Buildings, Volume 43, Issue 9, September 2011, Pages 2356-2364, ISSN 0378-7788, <br>
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.05.020">http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.05.020</a>.
(<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778811002349">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778811002349</a>)
</i><br></span></font><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">It is a good structured process to follow.<br>
</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Regards<br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Luis<br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">2014-02-18 23:03 GMT+00:00 West, Scott P <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Scott.West@jacobs.com" target="_blank">Scott.West@jacobs.com</a>></span>:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Timur,</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I find the DOE Commercial Reference Buildings very useful for examining generic building types.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="http://energy.gov/eere/buildings/commercial-reference-buildings" target="_blank">http://energy.gov/eere/buildings/commercial-reference-buildings</a></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">You can also find the models that PNNL researched for various iterations of ASHRAE 90.1 which gives info on newer buildings.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">You may have to dig into the data a little bit, but you should be able to find typical space use breakdowns for these building types. I’m not sure if that’s
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt"> Timur Dogan [mailto:<a href="mailto:tkdogan@MIT.EDU" target="_blank">tkdogan@MIT.EDU</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 18, 2014 10:03 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bldg-sim] Thermal zoning (early design)</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Dear community,<br>
I am currently searching for references that explain thermal zoning and provide guidelines for the spatial subdivision, especially for early design. <br>
Any suggestions that go beyond the short list below, are greatly appreciated.<br>
Thanks a lot in advance,<br>
Timur<br></span>
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<span> </span>Thermal Zoning Determination - Bembook<br>
<span> </span><a href="http://bembook.ibpsa.us/index.php?title=Thermal_Zoning_Determination" target="_blank">http://bembook.ibpsa.us/index.php?title=Thermal_Zoning_Determination</a><br></span>
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<span> </span>Ashrae 90.1 App. G<br>
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<span> </span>Equest Manual <br>
<span> </span><a href="http://doe2.com/download/equest/eQ-v3-64_Introductory-Tutorial.pdf" target="_blank">http://doe2.com/download/equest/eQ-v3-64_Introductory-Tutorial.pdf</a><br></span>
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<span> </span>Energy Plus Documentation<br></span>
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<span> </span>TRNSYS Documentation<span>
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<span> </span>Energy Simulation in Building Design - Joseph Clarke</span></p>
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