Test Case Name

multizone_office_simple_air

Brief Description

The test case represents one floor with five zones of a new construction medium office building in Chicago, IL, USA with total floor area of 1662.66 m². There are four perimeter zones and one core zone, with each perimeter zone having a window-to-wall ratio of 0.33.

The HVAC system is a single-duct multi-zone VAV system with terminal reheat with one air handler. The air handler cooling coil is served by an air-cooled chiller while the heating coil and terminal box reheat coils are served by an air-to-water heat pump. The embedded controls for the air handler include supply fan static pressure reset and drybulb economizer, while the terminal box controls utilize single-maximum airflow control.

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Available Test Scenarios

Time Periods

peak_heat_day typical_heat_day peak_cool_day typical_cool_day mix_day

Electricity Prices

constant dynamic highly_dynamic