Hello there,
I am trying to evaluate the energy-saving performance of a dynamic shading screen I design. The operation of the dynamic shading screen is controlled by the illuminance received on the sensor grids at the center of each rotating “fins”. Ideally, from fully open (Figure 1) to fully closed (Figure 2), the rotation angle will be changed from 0 to 90 according to the illuminance.
However, so far the operation of the dynamic shading screen can be controlled at a given time within a single day. In order to evaluate its annual performance, I am finding a way to integrate it into the energy model I built in Honeybee (Figure 3). I have a weather file, building geometry with determined adiabatic states, cooling/lighting/equipment loads all set up. The simulation can be run successfully. The critical point now is to pull out the simulation time period run behind the Honeybee program and use that to operate the dynamic shading screen. Does anyone have any suggestions or clues on that?
