<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3603" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; webkit-nbsp-mode: space; webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=195384502-10092009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Felipe,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195384502-10092009><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd like to start with your '<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>a zone of 10 x 10 x 3 mt. high with no ventilation and no internal gains</FONT>' model which is an excellent case to evaluate the fundamental algorithms.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195384502-10092009></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195384502-10092009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please provide info of that model likewise.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195384502-10092009></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195384502-10092009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Having worked at IES-VE for 8+ years and coded part of Apache-sim and the whole of macroflo, it is interesting to see how it works from user's point of view.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195384502-10092009></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195384502-10092009></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195384502-10092009></SPAN><SPAN lang=zh-cn><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <P><SPAN lang=zh-cn><FONT face=CityBlueprint size=2>David Tang</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=zh-cn><FONT face=CityBlueprint size=2>Chief Engineer, Energy Solutions</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=zh-cn><FONT face=CityBlueprint size=2>Owens Corning</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=zh-cn><FONT face=CityBlueprint size=2>T:<FONT face="Courier New"></FONT> +86 21 6101 9587; F:<FONT face="Courier New"></FONT> +86 21 6101 9588; m:<FONT face="Courier New"></FONT> +86 13817249419</FONT></SPAN> </P> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Felipe Durán [mailto:felipe@b-green.cl] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:01 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Tang, David<BR><B>Cc:</B> leen peeters; Tang, Kevin; Xing, Nina; esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk; Rodrigo Perez<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [esp-r] Re: Heating and Cooling Loads<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV>David and Rodrigo, <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Thank you for your help.<BR> <DIV>I`ve simplify the model and the results of the 3-floor office building are:</DIV> <DIV><BR> <DIV>IES_VE   390 kW (heating) 123 kW (cooling)</DIV> <DIV>ESP-r     246 kW (heating)  205 kW (cooling)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>The model conditions of the 3-floor office building are:</DIV> <DIV>IES_VE 390 kW (heating) 123 kW (cooling)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>1. Geometry: 3 zones of 25 m x 60 m x 2.5 m high. 40% of glazing ratio for all the orientations</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>2. Orientation: North towards the long side (25 meters)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>3. Materials (outside to inside)</DIV> <DIV>3.1 External Wall: cast concrete 0,2m, Polystyrene 0.02m, Gypsum Plasterboard 0,01m. U-value = 0.9597 (W/m2K)</DIV> <DIV>3.2 Window: Double glazing, clear float 6mm + 12mm cavity. U-Value=2.82 (W/m2K)</DIV> <DIV>3.3 Roof: Cast concrete (lightweight) 0.05m, Polystyrene 0.15m, cast concrete 0,15m. U-value = 0.1859 (W/m2K)</DIV> <DIV>3.4 Ground Floor: Cast Concrete 0.15 m, polystyrene 0.05 m, U-value = 0.5041 (W/m2K)</DIV> <DIV>3.5 Slabs: cast Concrete 0.15, U-value = 3,2558 (W/m2K)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>4. Boundary Conditions: All the walls and the roof faces the outside. The slabs are interiors and only the ground floor faces the grund.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>5. Run Period: 1/1 31/12 (whole year)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>6. Internal gains: Occupancy 6 m2/person (70 W Sensible, 35 W latent), Lighting 8 W/m2, Equipment 5 W7m2. All the time for the whole year, including nights, weekends, etc.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>7. Climate file <SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'">CHL_Santiago_IWEC.epw (from the energyplus database)</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>8.  Comfort band 20 Cº-24Cº</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>9. Ventilation: infiltration 0.25 (ach/h), auxiliari ventilatios 3.25 (ach/h) on ESP-r  infiltration of 3.25 (ach/h)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Thank you again</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV apple-content-edited="true"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> <DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Felipe Durán Palma</SPAN></DIV> <DIV>Arquitecto PUC, MPhil. U. Cambridge</DIV> <DIV>Director de Proyectos y Asesorías</DIV></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; webkit-text-stroke-width: 0"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>Obispo Donoso 5 oficina 62 - Providencia - Santiago</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:felipe@b-green.cl">felipe@b-green.cl</A> - <A href="http://www.b-green.cl">www.b-green.cl</A> - 56 (2) 3431868</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></SPAN><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></SPAN><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>El 9 Sep 2009, a las 00:22, Tang, David escribió:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; webkit-nbsp-mode: space; webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>Describe<SPAN class=864140904-09092009> your model we'll run DOE2 and EnergyPlus to see who's right.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=864140904-09092009></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>geometry, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>orientation</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>wall, window, roof<SPAN class=864140904-09092009> </SPAN>materials, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>boundary<SPAN class=864140904-09092009> conditions (is the wall contact outside, ground, other indoor space?)</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=864140904-09092009></SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>run period<SPAN class=864140904-09092009> (from mm/dd to mm/dd)</SPAN>, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>etc. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>as detail as possible<SPAN class=864140904-09092009>.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=864140904-09092009></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <P><SPAN lang=zh-cn><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN> </P> <P><SPAN lang=zh-cn><FONT face=CityBlueprint size=2>David Tang</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=zh-cn><FONT face=CityBlueprint size=2>Chief Engineer, Energy Solutions</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=zh-cn><FONT face=CityBlueprint size=2>Owens Corning</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=zh-cn><FONT face=CityBlueprint size=2>T:<FONT face="Courier New"></FONT> +86 21 6101 9587; F:<FONT face="Courier New"></FONT> +86 21 6101 9588; m:<FONT face="Courier New"></FONT> +86 13817249419</FONT></SPAN> </P> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> esp-r-bounces@lists.strath.ac.uk [<A href="mailto:esp-r-bounces@lists.strath.ac.uk">mailto:esp-r-bounces@lists.strath.ac.uk</A>] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Felipe Durán<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 09, 2009 5:10 AM<BR><B>To:</B> leen peeters<BR><B>Cc:</B> <A href="mailto:esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk">esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk</A><BR><B>Subject:</B> [esp-r] Re: Heating and Cooling Loads<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV>Leen, <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I am working with the EPW climate file of Santiago de Chile in both soft wares. I ve modelled a zone of 10 x 10 x 3 mt. high with no ventilation and no internal gains. The results are:</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>ESP-r = 11.9 (heating), 1.86 (cooling)</DIV> <DIV>IES = 14.6 (heating), 5.2 (cooling)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Now we got great differences in the cooling load. IES gave me 3 times more cooling loads than ESP-r</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Any ideas how to go proceed?</DIV> <DIV><BR> <DIV apple-content-edited="true"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; webkit-text-stroke-width: 0"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> <DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Felipe Durán Palma</SPAN></DIV> <DIV>Arquitecto PUC, MPhil. U. Cambridge</DIV> <DIV>Director de Proyectos y Asesorías</DIV></SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; webkit-text-stroke-width: 0"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> <DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>Obispo Donoso 5 oficina 62 - Providencia - Santiago</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:felipe@b-green.cl">felipe@b-green.cl</A> - <A href="http://www.b-green.cl">www.b-green.cl</A> - 56 (2) 3431868</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><BR> </DIV></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>El 8 Sep 2009, a las 16:49, leen peeters escribió:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV>Felipe,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>set you climate to some artifical constant climqte with constant temperature, constant solar radiation,... That is one more set of variables excluded</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Leen<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV class=gmail_quote>2009/9/8 Felipe Durán <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:felipe@b-green.cl">felipe@b-green.cl</A>></SPAN><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">Dear Samuel and Leen, <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Actually, when I found out such big differences I ve modelled a very simple 3-zone model and the differences persist. </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I will try out with a simple box without ventilation and internal gains and I will let you know the results. <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Thank you all for your help.</DIV> <DIV><BR> <DIV><SPAN style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate"><SPAN style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate"><SPAN style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate"><SPAN style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate"><SPAN style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate"><SPAN style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate"> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Felipe Durán Palma</SPAN></DIV> <DIV>Arquitecto PUC, MPhil. U. Cambridge</DIV> <DIV>Director de Proyectos y Asesorías</DIV></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN><SPAN><pastedGraphic.tiff></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate"><SPAN style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate"><SPAN style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px 'Century Gothic'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate"> <DIV><BR>Obispo Donoso 5 oficina 62 - Providencia - Santiago</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:felipe@b-green.cl" target=_blank>felipe@b-green.cl</A> - <A href="http://www.b-green.cl/" target=_blank>www.b-green.cl</A> - 56 (2) 3431868</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><BR> </DIV></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>El 8 Sep 2009, a las 13:19, Aizaz Samuel escribió:</DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV>Try reducing your model complexity by modelling just one zone with minimal <BR>information possible. Simulate for just one day. If the two softwares compare <BR>well keep building up the model in complexity.<BR><BR>-Aizaz<BR><BR><BR>On Tuesday 08 September 2009 17:41, Felipe Durán wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Dear All,</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">I am modeling in both ESP-r and IES-VE and office building and the results<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV>for heating and cooling loads are very different.<BR><SPAN class=864140904-09092009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=864140904-09092009> </SPAN>ESP-r = 269 kW (heating); 237 kW (cooling)<BR>IES-VE = 835 kW (Heating); 360 kW (cooling)<BR><SPAN class=864140904-09092009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=864140904-09092009> </SPAN>Does anyone had a similar experience with such differences?<BR><SPAN class=864140904-09092009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV>Kind Regards,<BR><SPAN class=864140904-09092009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV>Felipe Durán Palma<BR>Arquitecto PUC, MPhil. 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