Simple energy simulation

Hi guys,
I'm really new on Rhino, Grasshopper, honeybee and co, just so you know.
Here is my problem. I'm writing a thesis on whether or not the high thermal inertia of the external walls of a building impact (or not) thermal loss.
My idea was to analyze a dynamic simulation of a square meter of different types of walls (lighweight, heavy high-inertia, ...) and to compare them.
Afterwards, to approach a closer-to-reality situation, I would like to model a small room, with 3 exposed walls and 1 wall being adjacent to another similarly heated room (like it's usual in a house).
And then again analyze the results and draw some conclusions. :)
Could you guys give me some advice about how I should procede with Honeybee to get these results?
Thank you very much in advance,
Flemming

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Permalink Reply by Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari on May 30, 2017 at 4:51pm

Flemming,

I would start by watching the videos related to Honeybee Energy simulation. Here is a similar question.

Mostapha

Permalink Reply by Flemming on June 1, 2017 at 1:33am

Hi Mostapha and thanks for answering!

Here is what I did using Chris Mackey's first tutorials on Honeybee energy simulation.

For some reason, the energy simulation doesn't run when I put the toggle to "true", and I cannot figure out what I did wrong..

On the other hand, these very well-made tutorials explain how to model a whole building, but will I be able to model just a square meter of a wall and run the same test like I explained in my message above?

Thanks for your support!

Flemming

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BEL_Brussels.064510_IWEC.epw, 1.5 MB

Permalink Reply by Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari on June 1, 2017 at 8:14am

I'm not sure what you mean by modeling just a square meter of the wall. If you're trying to study a wall section then you should take a look at THERM. In energy simulation you need a zone to run the analysis. Look up for Getting Started with EnergyPlus document.

Permalink Reply by Flemming on June 1, 2017 at 8:33am

Actually I'm trying to figure out the amount of energy loss in each type of wall, by looking at a surface of a given type of wall of 1m².

Then I want to see how the different wall type would behave in a room situation.

I used THERM before, but as you probably know, it's not a dynamic tool so it doesn't take in account the thermal inertia of the wall.

I'm a real newbie in this domain, please forgive me if I give some weird answers or make false statements! :)

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