Overview

The article shows how Energy Simulator could be utilised to model a brise soleil for your energy model.

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Method

Brise soleils are architecturally designed devices that work as a static external shadiing equipment for the building. OpenBuildings Energy Simulator offers the options of adding fins to the openings that certainly replicates the functions of a Brise Soleil in an energy model. To do so, 

• go to Fins from the Data Managers Tab. 
• Setup fin data as per your project requirement. 

• Assign the fins from Add Fin function under the Home tab. 
  
  
• Select the bottom face of the window always to assign verical fins. Incase of orozontal fins, you would have to chose top face of the window. 
  
  
• To replicate a Brise Soleil in your model, chose a verical fin, with demonstrated angles and edge to edge distance as per your project requirement. 
  
  

You can assign the same in front of other openings as well. Just make sure that you are chosing the right surface before assign the fin to it. 

The model should look like this: