Interior Lighting Summary - Open Studio

Everything is going fine except i get this error message on the Open Studio Results. Does anyone know what this means and how to fix it?

Interior Lighting Summary
Interior Lighting Summary section failed and was skipped because: Optional not initialized. Detail on error follows.
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TheEnergyTutor

asked 2020-07-17 13:22:32 -0500

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Aaron Boranian

updated 2020-07-31 08:28:25 -0500

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Check if you have any spaces in your model that are not assigned to a thermal zone. That should issue a warning in the reporting measure (logged in out.osw file) for a check of EnergyPlus vs. OpenStudio floor area, and would also cause this section of the report to fail.

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David Goldwasser

answered 2020-07-17 14:48:18 -0500, updated 2020-07-17 14:49:52 -0500

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Yeah I have two unconditioned spaces

TheEnergyTutor (2020-07-17 14:57:17 -0500) edit

@TheEnergyTutor, unconditioned is fine, but if you have spaces in the model that are not assigned to a zone, it can be problematic. Can you confirm if there are any spaces that are not assigned to a thermal zone.

David Goldwasser (2020-07-17 15:17:47 -0500) edit

Yeah I never assigned them a thermal zone because they have no heat. I can add it to a new zone.

TheEnergyTutor (2020-07-17 15:20:20 -0500) edit

Yes, it doesn't exist in EnergyPlus if it isn't part of a thermal zone, and that is why the error is coming up because it can't find SQL data for the lights from the space. An unconditioned space is still part of a thermal zone but just doesn't have equipment serving it and generally doesn't have a thermostat. It is important to model it as a zone so you can see what temperatures to expect in the unconditioned space, and because of the impact on adjacent spaces.

David Goldwasser (2020-07-17 15:48:21 -0500) edit

Yes adding a thermal zone to my unconditioned spaces resolved this issue. Thanks.

TheEnergyTutor (2020-07-20 09:34:33 -0500) edit

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