[Equest-users] Can we reference DESIGN-DAY inputs in zonal expressions?

Thu Sep 7 14:35:14 PDT 2017

Isn't it funny, I thought DESIGN-DAYs should be accessible via #G() initially as well!

I'm a little averse to making my ground temps equal to winter/summer design DB conditions as a general practice... A more innocuous option for leveraging a SITE-PARAMETER as a proxy/container might be LONGITUDE... but ideally I'm looking for a pair of "containers" and I think LATITUDE is actually leveraged for solar sky model stuff (daylight calculations, possibly cooling DESIGN-DAY but I have my doubts)...

Outside of SITE-PARAMETERs... Have I perhaps stumbled upon the exact intent/purpose behind these "Variable##" "containters" under the PROJECT-DATA variables?  Does anyone know how to access these values via keyword expresssions?
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~Nick

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From: Bishop, Bill [mailto:bbishop at pathfinder-ea.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 3:12 PM
To: Nicholas Caton <Nicholas.Caton at schneider-electric.com>
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Subject: RE: [Equest-users] Can we reference DESIGN-DAY inputs in zonal expressions?

Hi Nick,
I haven't figured out a way to reference DESIGN-DAY keywords from outside of the command. The DESIGN-DAYs are not global parameters (so you can't use #G), and they do not have children that can reference them as parents. You could create global parameters per your own suggestion below.
An alternative is to reference other climate data inputs for your DESIGN-COOL-T and DESIGN-HEAT-T zone keywords.
For example, you could enter the monthly ground temperatures. Then, say you want the unconditioned zone DESIGN-HEAT-T to match the December ground temperature:
if(#RV(#G("SITE-PARAMETERS","GROUND-T",11))==0)
  then #G("SITE-PARAMETERS","GROUND-T",11)
  else 70 endif

Regards,
~Bill

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Subject: [Equest-users] Can we reference DESIGN-DAY inputs in zonal expressions?

Hi friends!

Is fundamentally possible to, from within a user-expression, pull a value from cooling / heating DESIGN-DAY inputs?

In particular, I'd like to return DRYBULB-HIGH from both my cooling and heating DESIGN-DAY, using those values to inform zonal DESIGN-COOL-T and DESIGN-HEAT-T for unconditioned and plenum zones.  I can see a path to have both DESIGN-DAY and zonal inputs reference a pair of global parameters, but I'm making every effort to minimize "#PA spam" in my regular model development.

~Nick

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Nick Caton, P.E., BEMP
  Senior Energy Engineer
  Regional Energy Engineering Manager
  Energy and Sustainability Services
  Schneider Electric

D  913.564.6361
M  785.410.3317
F  913.564.6380
E  nicholas.caton at schneider-electric.com<mailto:nicholas.caton at schneider-electric.com>

15200 Santa Fe Trail Drive
Suite 204
Lenexa, KS 66219
United States

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