Hello,
Is there a way in the new plugins to assign different opening schedules to different windows inside one zone?. I´m analyzing classrooms where on one side there are fixed louvers permanently open with insect screens and on the other there are operable sliding windows.
Thanks in advance.
hi @LUISARTUROREYESVALEN
you can search topics related to dynamic shading or complex fenestration in forum.
The short answer for the new LBT plugin is that you can set certain windows (aka. Apertures) to be operable or non-operable. That allows you to keep some windows permanently closed while others can open according to a control strategy. The control for window opening in Honeybee is done at the Room level so you can’t have different windows of the same room open at different times without manually editing the IDF (or adding additional strings).
If you have a window that’s permanently open, then maybe you should just model the window as non-operable and then account for the airflow by boosting up the infiltration.
Hi everyone,
I would actually like to model different windows of the same room open at different times since it is the reality of the project I’m working on. Said differently, I would like to assign an opening schedule/ventilation control to each kind of window I have.
I’d like to do it from Grasshopper, since it is a case we frequently encounter, and even if I know how to modify the IDF, it would be very unpractical to do so everytime I need it. @chris , you mentionned adding additional strings : could you please give me more details about how to do this? I tried a bit with a Python component, using the codes of @charlie.brooker given on this page (How to set window opening for windows with different fract_area_oper in the same room?) but failed to adapt it successfully. For now I’m not comfortable with the object properties and attributes in the code and don’t know how to handle it.
Every input is welcome, thanks!