OpenBuildings™ Designer Help

PartL ROI

Contains controls used for the purposes of compliance with PartL ROI.

Accessed from:
  • Ribbon: Energy Simulator > Calculations > Prescriptive Calculations > PartL ROI
SettingDescription
Select Rooms Click to select and deselect the rooms in the report. Clicking the icon changes the layout of dialog. Rooms can be selected/deselected individually by clicking on them, or select/deselect all by clicking the two buttons provided.
  • Select All - Selects all the rooms with a single click.
  • Select None - Deselects all the rooms with a single click.
  • Select Zone - Selects a zone which contains one or more rooms.
  • Select Floor - Selects a floor of the room.
Project Details The Type of analysis, Building location, Stage of analysis and the Project Complexity can be specified in the Project Details Tab.
  • Type of analysis - Refers to the type of analysis that will be carried out using SBEMie, for example, Republic of Ireland: Building Energy Rating.
  • Building location - Used to select the nearest city to the project site from the available locations in the Republic of Ireland.
  • Stage of analysis - Specifies whether the building is As designed (new building) or As built (existing building).
  • Project complexity - Refers to the complexity of the building for the purposes of energy assessments for BER Certificates.
    • Level 3 - Simple, existing buildings that can be modelled using SBEMie, for example, small buildings such as converted houses or doctor's surgeries.
    • Level 4 - New and existing buildings that can be modelled using SBEMie , for example, small purpose-built office buildings.
    • Level 5 - New and existing buildings complex buildings that need to be modelled using Dynamic Simulation Models (DSMs), for example, large office buildings or factories.
Building Details The Name, Address, Eircode, etc of the building can be specified in the Building Details Tab.
  • Name - Displays the building name.
  • Address - Used to enter the building address.
  • Country - Used to enter the country in which the building is located.
  • Eircode - Used to enter the building Eircode.
  • Location description - Used to enter the description of the building location.
  • MPRN - One or more MPRNs can be entered for the building modelled and they will all be recorded in the BER XML file.
  • Add - Adds the MPRNs.
  • Delete - Deletes the MPRNs.
  • Building Type - The choice of building type here sets the default building type for the activity areas that will be defined later. It is possible to change the building type for each of the activity areas when defined. Choose the building type that most closely defines the majority of the building.
Energy assessor The Name, Address, Eircode, etc of the building can be specified in the Energy assessor Tab.
  • Name - Used to enter the agent name.
  • Address - Used to enter the building address.
  • Country - Used to enter the country in which the building is located.
  • Eircode - Used to enter the building Eircode.
  • Telephone - Used to enter the telephone number.
  • Email - Used to enter the Email Id.
  • Accreditation scheme - Sets the name of the agency, with accreditation credential.
  • Registration number - Used to enter the official registration number of the energy assessor agent/agency.
  • Emp/trading name - Used to enter the trading name.
  • Emp/trading address - Used to enter the trading address.
  • Accessor Comp. No. - Used to enter the assessor's comp number.
Insurance and Owner The pane contains the energy assessor's insurance and building owner's details.
Insurance - The Insurance details of the building including the policy number, effectivity and the limit.
  • Insurer - Used to enter the name of the energy assessor's insurance company.
  • Policy number - Used to enter the energy assessor's insurance policy number.
  • PI limit - Used to enter the energy assessor's insurance policy cover limit.
  • Effective date - Sets the energy assessor's insurance policy effective start date.
  • Expiry date - Sets the energy assessor's insurance policy expiry date.
Owner of the building - The name, address, city, postcode and the telephone number of the building occupier can be specified.
  • Name - Used to enter the owner name.
  • Address - Used to enter the building address.
  • Country - Used to enter the country in which the building is located.
  • Eircode - Used to enter the building Eircode.
  • Telephone - Used to enter the telephone number.