03.13
In the last part we covered the creation of geometry. In the example videos we chose to use the default construction profile for our surfaces within OpenStudio. It is now time to modify those construction templates with ones that resemble the actual design specified construction performance.
Here is how the default exterior wall (typical mass wall) from Open Studio is written to the Energyplus IDF file:
Construction,
Exterior Wall, !- Name
M01 100mm brick, !- Outside Layer
M15 200mm heavyweight concrete, !- Layer 2
I02 50mm insulation board, !- Layer 3
F04 Wall air space resistance, !- Layer 4
G01a 19mm gypsum board; !- Layer 5
Our example uses lightweight residential construction so we would like to replace all the exterior walls with the following construction information in the IDF file.
