Properties For: Lighting (Building)
Contains controls used to define exterior lighting data for use in prescriptive calculations and energy simulation for the project building. Lighting data defined here specifies the exterior lighting for the project building. It is associated to the building in the AECOsim Energy Simulator Project Tree using the Component: Lighting tree object hierarchically organized under the Building tree object. Consequently, the Building tree object’s pop-up menu is the only place where the lighting component for exterior building lights can be accessed.
Opens when the Component: Lighting (Building) Project Tree object’s pop-up menu is activated in the AECOsim Energy Simulator Project Tree and the Properties menu item is selected.
Setting | Description |
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Area type | Used to select the type of external building area to be illuminated. The types drop-down list is populated with all the different types of building areas. Select one and press New. |
New | Press to create new exterior lighting sub-components for the building. Each of these lighting sub-components’ characteristics can then be defined independently. |
Name | Used to enter a name for the luminaire. Once entered, the name appears in the property separator bar. Minimize the bar when you are not manipulating the luminaire characteristics. |
Area | Used to enter an area value the new building lighting type is to illuminate. The Area field is used for lighting designed to illuminate areas, and is disabled for area types which require lighting that illuminates based on a linear distance that is illuminated. They use the Length property to define their illumination pattern. |
Length | The Length field is used for lighting whose design is based on a linear distance that is to be illuminated, and is disabled for area types which require lighting that is designed to illuminate areas. They use the Area property to define their illumination pattern. |
Category | Used to select the luminaire type from these
available luminaire categories:
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Lamp | Used to select lamps to be used for the selected
luminaire fixture (Category). Lamps are determined by the chosen luminaire
category, ensuring the right type of lamp is selected:
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Ballast | Used to select the ballast type to be used for the selected luminaire fixture (Category). A ballast is a device used in conjunction with an electric discharge lamp to cause the lamp to start and operate under the proper circuit conditions of voltage, current, wave form, electrode heat, etc. Ballast choices are determined by the chosen luminaire category. They are: |
End usage category | Allows you to specify a user-defined end-use subcategory, for instance, "Lighting Conditioned", "Lighting Unconditioned", etc. for the lighting component used in the building. A new meter for reporting is created for each unique subcategory. Subcategories are also reported in the ABUPS table. If this field is omitted or blank, the lights will be assigned to the General end-use subcategory. |
Lamps per fixture | Used to enter the number of lamps to be used per fixture of the chosen luminaire category. |
Number of fixtures | Used to enter the number of fixtures of the chosen luminaire category to be considered as belonging to the active luminaire lighting sub-component. |
Fixture wattage | Used to enter the total fixture wattage. |
Exemption | Used to select an exemption from lighting power allowance requirements for the luminaire. Although, most lighting power is subject to the requirements of the ASHRAE 90.1 standard, some lighting for specialized commercial and display purposes, such as outdoor manufacturing, retail display windows, televised sports lighting, theatrical productions, and lighting integral to medical equipment, is exempt. Also exempt are certain lighting systems or portions of systems required for emergency use. |
Schedule | Used to select a default lighting schedule for the lighting component used in the building. |
Notifications panel | Used to validate project data and resolve issues with project data in real time (as it is being entered in the Properties For: dialogs) via errors, warnings and messages. |