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Does IES consider the impact of surrounding buildings in terms of mutual shading and reflecting Short-wave radiation?
What about wind flow? Is wind going to be channelised through the canyons and streets and thereby affect any internal ventilation? I just heard from the TAS presentation yesterday that solar radiation and shading is automatically modified and it is also possible to get the wind effect in case of a group of buildings. However, TAS cannot modify air-temperature. I would like to know if IES is able to do these too.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Best regards.

If you were using the Suncast link then the shading impact of adjacent buildings will be taken into account.

Adjacent buildings etc do affect the wind flow around the buildings in the CFD module (Microflo), but not in the dynamic thermal model (ApacheSim/Macroflo). To take into into account then you might change the exposure type from semi-exposed to sheltered to account for the adjacent building and the blocking amount.