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Natural Ventilation and Thermal Comfort

This section covers all information relating to how the natural ventilation and thermal comfort features in the Sefaira Web-application (EnergyPlus version).

• ★ Introduction to Thermal Comfort in Sefaira
• Natural Ventilation Feature - Overview and Set-up
• Openness and Free Area - Inputs
• How Free Area calculations work
• Window Control Options - Natural Ventilation
• HVAC Integration - Heating and Cooling Unit
• HVAC Integration - Mechanical Ventilation Unit
• Mechanical Ventilation Configuration Presets
• Why do we have a "Tolerance" range in Comfort?
• Why does my conditioned building fail dry bulb comfort?
• ASHRAE 55 interpretation in Sefaira
• Why is it so hard to pass ASHRAE 55 (PMV ±0.5)?