| Continent
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Used to select the default continent on which new
projects will be located. Selecting a continent here narrows the
available location information in the following regional defaults settings.
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| Country
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Used to select the default country in which new
projects will be located. The drop-down list is filtered to only
list the countries with weather stations located on the default continent.
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| State/Province
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Used to select the default state or province in
which new projects will be located.
The drop-down list is filtered to only list the states or provinces with
weather stations located in the default country.
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| Location
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Used to select the default weather station location
new projects will associate with.
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| Weather profile
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Used to select a default weather profile database
to use for new projects. Weather
profiles from around the world are listed.
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| Calculation Standard
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Lists the calculation standards to set as the
default for technical calculations such as heat gains, summertime temperatures
and energy calculations.
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CIBSE — Sets the CIBSE calculation
standard as the default. CIBSE, the Chartered Institution of Building Services
Engineers is an international professional body for the building services
profession based in the United Kingdom.
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ASHRAE — Sets the ASHRAE calculation
standard as the default. ASHRAE, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating
and Air-conditioning Engineers is an international organization that
establishes standards for the uniform testing and rating of heating,
ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment, and is based in the
United States of America.
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| Units
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Sets the default units system to SI-Metric or
IP-Imperial for new projects. The
selected units system will persist throughout OpenBuildings Energy Simulator tool settings and controls, dialogs
and calculation results.
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