[Equest-users] Thermal mass effects

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External shades can be modelled as “Fixed Shades” in the detailed mode.

 

Solar gains are indeed modelled.  Have a look at the summary view for a wall construction to see the impact of changing thermal mass: 

 

From: Equest-users [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Peter Schonherr
Sent: June-03-15 10:30 AM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Equest-users] Thermal mass effects

 

Hello,

 

      I am new to eQuest. I am trying to model the effects of thermal mass in the external walls on space conditioning efficiency. Does eQuest take into account solar gain on the building walls? Why I ask is that I've noticed that increasing thermal mass in the walls, (while maintaining the same R-value), has no effect on the heating load and very little on the heating demand. I also noticed that there doesn't seem to be a way to specify external shading from trees, adjacent buildings, etc.

 

Peter

 

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