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by thowarth
Thu Jul 17, 2014 8:57 am
Forum: Part L2 - England & Wales
Topic: Naturally Ventilated Unconditioned Atrium
Replies: 3
Views: 8315

Re: Naturally Ventilated Unconditioned Atrium

I have modeled the atrium for overheating but am wondering which template to apply for the NCM calculations to test for Part L compliance.
by thowarth
Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:45 pm
Forum: Part L2 - England & Wales
Topic: Naturally Ventilated Unconditioned Atrium
Replies: 3
Views: 8315

Naturally Ventilated Unconditioned Atrium

Does anyone know or have any good ideas the best way to model an unheated atrium that is naturally ventilated in summer to prevent overheating?

I can't figure out the best NCM category to match this strategy. The problem with setting the system type to 'none' is that it removes the option to ...
by thowarth
Tue Apr 29, 2014 12:06 pm
Forum: Constructions
Topic: Shading device profile "error : shutter proffile"
Replies: 6
Views: 12413

Re: Shading device profile "error : shutter proffile"

I am getting the same error - "invalid use of local room variable in formula profile" when I am trying to make the supply air temperature a function of room temperature.

Appears I am not the only one to encounter this error and a 'low priority' feature for IES obviously means it will be years away ...
by thowarth
Mon Oct 14, 2013 2:41 pm
Forum: ApacheSim
Topic: Construction template
Replies: 3
Views: 8478

Re: Construction template

An old thread but I recently ran into the same problem. I found that if I deleted the entire model I could then delete the offending Template and finally 'Undo delete objects(s)' which restored the model minus any templates I removed in the 'Building Template Manager'.