Buildings.BoundaryConditions.Validation.UsersGuide

User's Guide

Information

The package Buildings.BoundaryConditions.Validation.BESTEST contains the models that are used for the BESTEST validation ASHRAE 2020 for weather data acquisition and postprocessing.

Each model represents a different climate with different days as shown in the tables below. All examples have a script that runs the simulation according to the specifications and derive the required Json file as reported below.

The weather radiation data has to be provided at different orientations and inclinations.

Table 2: Azimuth and Slope for Surfaces

Azimuth

Slope

Horizontal

0° from horizontal

South

90° from horizontal

East

90° from horizontal

North

90° from horizontal

West

90° from horizontal

45° East of South

90° from horizontal

45° West of South

90° from horizontal

East

30° from horizontal

South

30° from horizontal

West

30° from horizontal


Additional parameters and correlations

Outputs required

Annual Outputs

 The following outputs are provided for an annual simulation:


Hourly Outputs

The following outputs are provided for each hour of the days specified for each test case in Table 3:


Table 3: Specific Days for Output

Case

Days

WD100

May 4th, July 14th, September 6th

WD200

May 24th, August 26th

WD300

February 7th, August 13th

WD400

January 24th, July 1st

WD500

March 1st, September 14th

WD600

May 4th, July 14th, September 6th


Sub-hourly Outputs

The following outputs are provided at each timestep of the days specified for each test case in Table 3:

The following outputs are provided integrated hourly for the days specified for each test case in Table 3:

Validation results

(Not available yet)

Implementation

To generate the data shown in this user guide, run

cd Buildings/Resources/Data/BoundaryConditions/Validation/BESTEST
python3 generateResults.py -p

At the beginning of the Python script there are several options that the user can choose, by default the script will:

References

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