[TRNSYS-users] Ventilated roof

[Michaël Kummert]

Maurizio,

> I need to explore the possibility to use a ventilated roof for my last project.
> I think that is possible to model it with an air layer in TRNBuild, but
> I don't know how I can consider the ventilation effect in the gap. Do you
> have any idea?

Assuming I understand what you want to do correctly, you could use a 
fictitious zone to model the ventilated air layer in your roof structure.

Kind regards,

Michaël Kummert

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