Hello everybody!
I feel like i’m going back to the basics, but I have a fundemental question.
How do you create different spaces under a same zone?
I normally model with breps, one block per space, but the project requirements and the HVAC system that my office has designed for x building requires me to set zones, along with spaces. (Naturally has to do with different internal gains, etc and the way the thermostats are positioned)
I have tried a combination of ways with the join breps (but that removes intermediate floors, and therefore the floor area), solve adjacency… HB SetZone…
Does any body know how to properly manage space/zones?
Thank you so much.
I’ve seen the last post similar to this question is from 2018 and i couldn’t solve it from there.
Hi @adrisonet
I am pretty sure that the actual Honeybee model is ‘flat’ in the sense that there is really only the Room which maps to the EnergyPlus Zone.
There * is * the new zone attribute, but as far as I am aware this is just a sort of internal ‘classifier’ which you can use to sort and organize rooms (similar to story) - not anything that maps to an EnergyPlus object.
Which is just to say: I think you can only make Rooms (which are E+ Zones) in Honeybee.
Some relevant posts about this include:
So in practice, we have to build all the Rooms for the building first by mechanical equipment (zone), and then split up each of those blocks up based on internal loads (program).
I’d certainly be curious to know if I’m wrong about that though?
best,
@edpmay
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