PHPP IP - Course III - 12 - 04b DesignPH

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Up and Running with the Passive House Planning Package (9.7 IP) Module 3 | Class 4b | DesignPH

BASICS

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What you’ll need: • A copy of the DesignPH plugin • Sketchup 3-D modeling software • A copy of the PHPP v.8 or 9 (and Excel)

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https://foursevenfive.com/designph-2-0/

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Sketchup

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Sketchup Extensions Manager

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Start DesignPH Plugin [Each time you run Sketchup]

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BASIC WORKFLOW

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DesignPH Workflow 1) Model Geometry

2) Tag Model Geometry w/ Data

3) Analyze

4) Export

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DesignPH Workflow 5) Import

6) Complete the PHPP

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Modeling

Modeling is Done Using SURFACES with no thickness

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Modeling is Done Using SURFACES with no thickness

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First, Model the Thermal Zone as a Mass

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Then Add Shading, Site, etc. in Separate Groups

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Model Windows as Flat Planes (for now)

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Split Surfaces with Multiple Exposure Types (AG/BG)

Cellar Wall (Above Grade)

Cellar Wall (Below Grade)

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How to Deal with the Details?

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That’s What Psi-Values are For! PSI

Sketchup Face

Sketchup Face

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Tagging Surfaces

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Start by turning ‘on’ DesignPH

Hide all but the ‘Geometry’ Layer

Click the DesignPH button

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Wait! I don’t see that button!

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DesignPH Tools

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DesignPH Tools

The DesignPH Dialog Window gives us access to detailed inputs for Components, Exporting and seeing the results

The DesignPH Toolbar lets us access DesignPH modeling and visualization tools

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Step 1: Surface Exposure Type

Right-Click

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Step 1: Surface Exposure Type

Right-Click

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Step 1: Surface Exposure Type

Roof/Ceiling - Ambient

Wall - Ambient Wall - Ground

Floor Slab / Basement Ceiling

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Shading Surfaces: ‘Non-Thermal’

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Step 2: Surface Assembly Type

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Custom Assemblies?

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Just like PHPP, build them one layer at a time.

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Constructions and U-Values

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Constructions and U-Values

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Windows

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Window ‘Components’

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Draw Surfaces, Convert to DesignPH Windows

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Draw Surfaces, Convert to DesignPH Windows

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Window Components: Just like PHPP

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Window Reveal Depth

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Window Mullions

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Window Mullions

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Window Mullions

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Window Mullions

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Exporting

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3) Simulate

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3) Simulate

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4) Export to .PPP

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4) Export to .PPP

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5) Create a NEW blank PHPP file to import into

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5) Open your ‘PHPP_V9.6a_EN_Tools.xlsm’ File

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5) Click ‘Import’

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Note: be sure BOTH your new Blank PHPP AND the ‘Tools’ files are open at the same time for this to work.

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6) We now have a filled-in PHPP file. Save it.

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Things to consider…

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The ‘link’ between the PHPP and DesignPH is not ‘live’. It’s a oneway export from DesignPH into the PHPP.

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If you change something in PHPP, it does not change in the DesignPH model.

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It may (often) be easier to experiment with building variants in PHPP rather than DesignPH.

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You’ll still have many inputs that need to be completed in the PHPP after import (DHW, Cooling, PER, Variants, etc…)

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Things to consider…

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DesignPH simulation results preview in Sketchup are approximate only. PHPP is the more accurate.

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DesignPH doesn’t give any preview results for cooling or Primary Energy

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DesignPH has no inputs for DHW, appliances, etc…

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DesignPH has no inputs for Non-Residential

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DesignPH is an EXPORTER. Not a replacement for the PHPP

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