Honeybee Energy and Natural Ventilation appearing as a substantial cooling component in the Energy Balance

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@MichaelDonn ,

A couple of points:

  1. The _ventilation_ that is assigned to room or the program objects is mechanical ventilation (or minimum outdoor air requirement through the HVAC). So it is not related at all to the outdoor air flow through operable windows.
  2. 3C (or 26 - 23) is a really small range in which to naturally ventilate. The adaptive comfort model indicates that occupants are usually fine with temperatures up to 28C (or even 30C if you are in the tropics). I wouldn’t expect to see a significant cooling term for natural ventilation unless you have a range of at least 5C.
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