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Conditioned floor area adjustment in OS?

Is it possible to somehow adjust the conditioned floor area in OpenStudio?

By default the conditioned floor area equals the total floor area.

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asked 2016-06-03 03:32:59 -0500
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updated 2016-06-03 08:04:54 -0500
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Don't add any HVAC system serving the zone.

See the DetermineBuildingFloorArea in OutputReportTabular.cc:

if ( Zone( iZone ).isPartOfTotalArea ) {
        buildingGrossFloorArea += curZoneArea;
        // If a ZoneHVAC:EquipmentConnections is used for a zone then
        // it is considered conditioned. Also ZONE SUPPLY PLENUM and ZONE RETURN PLENUM are
        // also is considered conditioned.
        if ( Zone( iZone ).SystemZoneNodeNumber > 0 ) {
            buildingConditionedFloorArea += curZoneArea;
        }
    }
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answered 2016-06-03 04:15:19 -0500, updated 2016-06-03 04:23:35 -0500
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I think you're using IdealLoads given your other question. Just don't enable ideal loads for these zones too.

Julien Marrec's avatar Julien Marrec (2016-06-03 04:24:37 -0500) edit
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