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:city_sunrise: The Urban Weather Generator (uwg) is a Python application for modeling the urban heat island effect.
https://www.ladybug.tools/uwg/docs/
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Clarification on Energy Consumption Calculation in UWG (Bueno Unzeta, 2010) #287

Open Betterbuilt00 opened 1 month ago

Betterbuilt00 commented 1 month ago

Hello everyone,

In Bueno Unzeta (2010), it is mentioned that the building energy consumption in the Urban Weather Generator (UWG) is calculated using EnergyPlus. However, after reviewing the source code, I couldn’t find any part where EnergyPlus is explicitly called or integrated.

Could anyone clarify what methodology or model is currently being used for calculating building energy consumption in UWG? Has there been a change from EnergyPlus to another approach, or is it implemented in a different way that I might have missed?

Thanks in advance for any insights!