Zone Manager

Used to add, edit and delete zones contained in a project. A zone is a collection of one or more rooms. Zones can be used for multiple purposes. For instance, the same zone can be used for an HVAC system and a lighting system. A room can only appear once in a zone, but a room can appear in multiple zones.

Accessed from:

Ribbon: Energy Simulator > Data Managers > Databases > Zones

Setting	Description
Zones tab	Zones that exist in your project are listed here. You can add and delete zones with the available controls and pop-up menus. Add — Creates a new zone. A default name is generated, using an incremental numeric suffix.For instance: `New Zone 4`The number increments regardless if previously created zones (one through three) were renamed or deleted. Delete — Deletes the selected zone. pop-up menu — Right clicking in the Zones tab, opens a pop-up menu with the following items: Add – Creates a new zone. Delete – Deletes the zone. Copy – Creates a copy of the selected zone, with copy at the end of the name. Rename – Enables text editing in the zone name field. Note: By default, OpenBuildings Energy Simulator creates several zones automatically. An AllRooms zone is created for all projects when they are created containing all the rooms in the building. Also, a zone is automatically created for each floor that is defined in the building, containing all the rooms on the floor. These floor zones have the same name as their parent floors.
Available rooms	Rooms that exist in your project, and are not members of the selected zone, are listed in the Available rooms panel. Rooms that are members of the selected zone are listed on the Rooms of zone panel. use the controls between the panels to move rooms in and out the zone. Rooms selected here can only be added to the Rooms of zone panel.
Rooms in zone	Lists the rooms selected for the active zone. Rooms selected here can only be added to the Available rooms panel.
Add	Click to move rooms from the Available rooms panel into the active zone.
Remove	Click to move rooms from the active zone, and back to the Available rooms panel.
OK	Closes the Zone Manager dialog box, and applies all current zone changes.
Cancel	Closes the Zone Manager dialog box, without applying changes.
Apply	Applies all current changes made, but does not close the Zone Manager dialog box.

Key-in: BBSENERGYANALYSIS ZONE MANAGER

Key-in: BBSENERGYANALYSIS ZONE

Note: Adding rooms to zones is available via a direct keyin (see procedure).

Note: By default, OpenBuildings Energy Simulator creates several zones automatically. An AllRooms zone is created for all projects when they are created containing all the rooms in the building. Also, a zone is automatically created for each floor that is defined in the building, containing all the rooms on the floor. These floor zones have the same name as their parent floors.