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3.1 Building description 63<br />

In order to determine <strong>solar</strong> heat gains it is necessary to calculate shading <strong>and</strong> sunlit areas.<br />

In <strong>the</strong> EnergyPlus-System a shadow algorithm is based on <strong>the</strong> Groth <strong>and</strong> Lokmanhekim<br />

(1969) coordinate transformation method <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Walton (1983) shadow overlap scheme.<br />

Two houses (house number 146 <strong>and</strong> 150) <strong>and</strong> two rows <strong>of</strong> trees are used as detached<br />

external surfaces to generate shadows. The houses are not transparent for <strong>solar</strong> <strong>radiation</strong><br />

but <strong>the</strong> trees have seasonally changed <strong>the</strong>ir diffuse properties.<br />

Fig. 3.10: The complete model view with movable protection shields mounted on a rail construction on <strong>the</strong><br />

level <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> building <strong>façade</strong> <strong>and</strong> detached shading objects.<br />

The tested building is split into 21 iso<strong>the</strong>rmal zones. The zone is defined as an air volume<br />

at a uniform temperature plus all <strong>the</strong> heat transfer <strong>and</strong> heat storage surfaces bounding. The<br />

symbol <strong>of</strong> each zone depends on <strong>the</strong> floor level <strong>and</strong> is shown in <strong>the</strong> figures below.

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