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Practical application: The study reveals that applying commercial building energy simulation software is worthwhile to determine reliable energy performance predictions. Massless building models are not capable of simulating the thermodynamic response of a building subjected to different control strategies. In particular, the application of different heating curves (linear and non-linear) to massless building models leaves the amount of mass flow rate delivered to the space heating unchanged when the building is subjected to sharp variations of the outdoor temperature.
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