Hi,
We are working on a healthcare project which is more than 300,000 m² in area. We were not able to run simulations as model would crash first because of area and due to complexity and number of spaces.
We had to divide the model into 4 parts for it to run properly and we did that by dividing D&T building into two parts and Patient Tower into two parts. Is that ok?
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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February 28, 2019 - 8:59 am
Maybe. This opens up many, many questions related to capacities and many other inputs. You will need to provide a very thorough explanation as to why what you did is thermodynamically and mechanically the same as if it were one model. Make sure you present this in a way that is clearly conservative (i.e. likely to produce less savings).
There are ways within the modeling protocols to simplify your model. You are not required to model each and every space for example.
Junaid Naseer
AECOMFebruary 28, 2019 - 9:21 am
Hi Marcus,
Thanks for your response. The issue being it is medical building with almost 33 floors. Plus the medical spaces have their own stringent requirement which do not allow us to combine rooms but what we did is we combined as much as possible especially patient rooms.
In any case, thanks for the direction and we can provide a comprehensive document.
Thanks once again