OpenBuildings™ Station Designer Help

Heat Gains and Losses report

The Heat Gains and Losses report illustrates both the gain and the loss of heat for each room included in the simulation calculations.


SettingDescription
Heat Gain Lists the heat gain in a day for each hour.
Heat Loss Lists the heat gain in a day for each hour. The loss is indicated with a minus sign.
Heat Gain / Heat Loss Graph Contains controls used to view a graphical report of the simulation heat gains and losses results. Select a room from the list to update the graph.


The heat gains graphs for selected room can be displayed. The total heat gain and individual component gains: sensible, latent, solar in, casual, infiltration, furniture, and surfaces are shown as different colored curves.
  • Energy gain - The heat gain values are displayed on the graph's vertical (Y) axis. The scale is automatically adjusted when viewing smaller or larger values making it easier to distinguish the separate graph curves.
  • Time - The 24 hours of the design day are displayed on the graph's horizontal (X) axis.
  • Curves - Load components that make up the heat gains for the selected room or project are displayed with color coded curves. The color codes are described in the graph legend. The curves and legend are interactive, providing you with pop up help windows.