Room Type Manager
Used to create and manipulate
default room data for room types used in your project. The Room
Type Manager dialog box contains controls and settings for copying and editing
existing (predefined types delivered upon install) room types as well as
creating new room types. Room types for both ASHRAE and CIBSE calculation
standards are supported.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Application | Click to manage application room types data. Application level room types data is available for all projects to incorporate. Example application room types are included upon install in the AECOsim Energy Simulator application folders. The example room types are read only (displayed with a lock icon). However, you can copy them to either your system or project folders for editing purposes. |
| Project | Click to manage Project room types data. Project room types are always saved to the active project folders. You can create them using the controls provided on the right side of the Room Type Manager dialog box or you can copy room types from application folders and edit them to suit your project. Project room types are all read/writable. They are not displayed with a lock icon like the example application room types. |
| Standard | Used to toggle the display of the Room Type Manager’s available room types between the ASHRAE and CIBSE calculation standards regardless of which standard is chosen for the project. |
| Catalog | Used to toggle the display of the Room Type Manager dialog box’s available room types between the ASHRAE and CIBSE room catalogs. The standard is chosen for the project in the Properties For: Project dialog box. |
| Building types tab | Contains controls used to manipulate building types and room types data. Room types selected on this tab have their data displayed in the data panels on the right side of the Room Type Manager. |
| Constructions panel | Contains controls used to define constructions data for selected room types (selected on the Building types tab). The constructions data defined in this panel is used for all subsequently created rooms of the selected room type. |
| Occupancy panel | Contains controls used to define occupancy data for Occupancy components placed in rooms which are of the selected room type. |
| Thermal design conditions panel | Contains controls used to define Winter and Summer or heating and cooling design information for rooms of the selected room type. |
| Thermal properties panel | Contains controls used to define room space type and thermal properties for rooms of the selected room type. |
| Lighting panel | Contains controls used to define room luminaires and lighting data for use in energy simulations for rooms of the selected type. |
| Ventilation panel | Contains controls used to define ventilation properties for rooms of the selected type. |
| Infiltration panel | Contains controls used to define infiltration properties for rooms of the selected type. |
| Gains panel | Contains controls used to define heat gains resulting from heat sources in rooms of the selected room type. |
| Miscellaneous panel | Contains controls used to define miscellaneous thermal properties for fine adjustments to room gains for rooms of the selected room type. |
| Window recess panel | Contains controls used to define recesses around window surface types for rooms of the selected room type. |
| Room mappings panel | Contains controls used to set up building types qualified by the ASHRAE 90.1 and ASHRAE 62.1 standards with default room types. These room mappings are then applied when rooms are modeled for each building type. |
| Notifications panel | Used to validate application/project data and resolve issues with application/project data in real time (as it is being entered in the data manager dialogs) via errors, warnings and messages. |
