Double Skin Facade

I am working on modeling an opaque ventilated Double-Skin Façade (DSF) for a small residential building. I also checked the model provided by @Chris at:
https://hydrashare.github.io/hydra/viewer?owner=chriswmackey&fork=hydra_2&id=Vented_Double-Skin_Facade&slide=0&scale=1&offset=20.00615749749352,-3.8445581267411058https://hydrashare.github.io/hydra/viewer?owner=chriswmackey&fork=hydra_2&id=Vented_Double-Skin_Facade&slide=0&scale=1&offset=20.00615749749352,-3.8445581267411058

In my model, there are two sets of apertures on the DSF ( 1. between DSF and exterior, 2. between interior and DSF) and I am simulating two models: one for summer and one for winter.

In summer, the exterior aperture should remain open to prevent the DSF from overheating.

In winter, I want to use the heated air to warm the interior of the house and that is where I face the problem. I set the HB-ventilation control component to set the min-max in/ out temperature to control the apertures.
but the results that I get for hourly Zone Mean Air Temperature show that there is no heat exchange between DSF and interior when the temperature of the DSF is getting high. (as an example above 25 c )

I have attached my model to this email.

Could someone help me with this issue?

Best,
Sara

Opaque Double Skin Facade_Model.gh (407.2 KB)

Hello everyone,

I know that my question may be a simple one, but I had a really hard time to solve this issue. How can I set a natural ventilation through a interior opening for my Double skin model?

Can some one help me with this question?

Thank you,
Sara

@sarakoushan
first of all you have to make the aperture operiable and by HB Window Opening you can control them.

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