<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0000ff">Dear Pranati and Namrata,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0000ff">DesignBuilder does not always give a clear error explanation, so I recommend that you use Simulation Manager and read the *.err file which is prepared by EnergyPlus. That should give you a more detailed explanation of the problem. You can then correct the error within DB.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 7:48 AM, Sprout Info_Mail via Bldg-sim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello All,<div><br></div><div>I am currently simulating an office cum laboratory building in Design Builder(DB) based out on Pune,India. The building is completely HVAC with two types of HVAC systems. However before that i am facing certain errors while performing the base case simulation as per ASHRAE standards.</div><div><br></div><div>1. The Base HVAC system as per climate zone 1 for non residential building is System 4: PSZ-HP. However when i assign the HVAC system and simulate, it gives me the following error- </div><div><img src="cid:ii_15bd34784bcb424e" alt="Inline image 2" width="454" height="256"><br></div><div>It reads- </div><div>Aquapharm - Invalid unitary system control zone: Air Loop Unitary HP AirToAir</div><div>Aquapharm - Error in HVAC definition</div><div>Could you throw some light as to what this error means and why so. This has never been the case on the previous models done by me in DB. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in Advance.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Namrata Dhamankar</div><div>-- <br><div class="m_7908446822138163213gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial black, sans-serif" size="4"><img src="http://www.sprout-green.com/assets/logo.png"></font></div><div><font size="2" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Thanks and Regards ,</font></div><div><font face="arial black, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Pranati Shroff & Namrata Dhamankar </font></div><div><font face="arial black, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="times new roman, serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61)"><b>a:</b></span> Sprout ,Prabaht Printing Works , </font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="times new roman, serif" size="2">427 Gultekdi, Ind Estate Corner, </font></span></div><div><font color="#444444" face="times new roman, serif" size="2">2nd Floor, Pune-411037</font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="times new roman, serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61)"><b>m:</b></span> 9922215467</font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="times new roman, serif" size="2"><b><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61)">e:</span><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61)"> </span> </b><a href="mailto:info@sprout-green.com" target="_blank">info@sprout-green.com</a> <b><br></b><a href="mailto:projects@sprout-green.com" target="_blank">projects@sprout-green.com</a></font></span></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#999999" face="times new roman, serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><b><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61)">w:</span> </b><a href="http://www.sprout-green.com" target="_blank">www.sprout-green.com</a></span><a href="http://www.sprout-green.com" target="_blank"></a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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