From 877cf0f8af9a57dca25cb648e476323f7ca092dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Horowitz <scott.horowitz@nrel.gov>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 13:14:33 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add some helpful warnings around unmeasured ventilation
 systems.

---
 rulesets/resources/301validator.sch | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rulesets/resources/301validator.sch b/rulesets/resources/301validator.sch
index f8c929525..845c2179d 100644
--- a/rulesets/resources/301validator.sch
+++ b/rulesets/resources/301validator.sch
@@ -1085,6 +1085,10 @@
     <sch:title>[MechanicalVentilation]</sch:title>
     <sch:rule context='/h:HPXML/h:Building/h:BuildingDetails/h:Systems/h:MechanicalVentilation/h:VentilationFans/h:VentilationFan[h:UsedForWholeBuildingVentilation="true"]'>
       <sch:assert role='ERROR' test='count(h:FanType) = 1'>Expected FanType</sch:assert>
+      <!-- Warnings -->
+      <sch:report role='WARN' test='count(h:RatedFlowRate) + count(h:extension/h:FlowRateNotTested[text()="true"]) = 2'>Both RatedFlowRate and extension/FlowRateNotTested="true" are provided; the ventilation system is assumed to have unmeasured airflow and RatedFlowRate will not be used.</sch:report>
+      <sch:report role='WARN' test='count(h:CalculatedFlowRate) + count(h:extension/h:FlowRateNotTested[text()="true"]) = 2'>Both CalculatedFlowRate and extension/FlowRateNotTested="true" are provided; the ventilation system is assumed to have unmeasured airflow and CalculatedFlowRate will not be used.</sch:report>
+      <sch:report role='WARN' test='count(h:DeliveredVentilation) + count(h:extension/h:FlowRateNotTested[text()="true"]) = 2'>Both DeliveredVentilation and extension/FlowRateNotTested="true" are provided; the ventilation system is assumed to have unmeasured airflow and DeliveredVentilation will not be used.</sch:report>
     </sch:rule>
   </sch:pattern>