Name
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Used to enter a name for the building.
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High Rise
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When on, the building is considered to be a high
rise building. When off, the building is considered to be a low rise building.
This, together with the Total height, Length/width
ratio and the Azimuth angle of the longest wall, determine the wind pressure
coefficients for the building, which are used for simulating air movement and
calculations.
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Building Type
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Used to specify the building type. Within each
building type, data for various room types is available, such as Cellular
office, Circulation area, and Plant room. When new rooms are created, they will
default to the selected building type’s available room types hen you create
them.
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Information (Address, Engineer, Client, Owner tabs)
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Contains controls to enter basic information about
the building and the principles associated with it on four tabs.
- Name —
Used to enter the project building engineer’s, client’s or owner’s name.
- Title
— Used to enter the project building engineer’s, client’s or owner’s title.
- E-mail
address — Used to enter the project building engineer’s, client’s or owner’s
e-mail address.
- Address
— Used to enter the street address for the project building (Address tab), the
engineer, the client or the owner.
- Zip
code — Used to enter the zip or postal code for the project building (Address
tab), the engineer, the client or the owner.
- City —
Used to enter the city the project building (Address tab), the engineer, the
client or the owner is located in.
- State —
Used to enter the state the project building (Address tab), the engineer, the
client or the owner is located in.
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Country — Used to enter the country the project building (Address tab), the
engineer, the client or the owner is located in.
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Telephone — Used to enter the telephone number for the project building
(Address tab), the engineer, the client or the owner.
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Dimensions
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Contains controls used to define key dimensions
that affect the thermal properties of the building.
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Orientation — Used to set the orientation of the building. Orientation refers
to solar orientation which is the siting of the building with respect to solar
access. The orientation value entered here defines the angle between the
building y-axis and true north in the clockwise direction. A rotation of 180
degrees flips the building around so that the north (or back) facade is facing
south (or front).Orientation has an impact on heating, lighting and cooling
costs. By maximizing southern exposure, the building design can take advantage
of the sun for daylight and passive solar heating. This results in lower
cooling costs by minimizing western exposures, where it's most difficult to
provide shade from the sun.
- Total
height — Used to enter the building’s total height.
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Length/width ratio — Used to set the building length/width ratio. Values
greater than one indicate that a larger proportion of building surface area is
facing due south.
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Surroundings angle — Used to set the surroundings angle. The surroundings angle
is an average angle of the building’s surroundings such as other buildings,
terrain and city scape which obscures direct solar radiation at times when the
sun is below the specified angle.
- Window
area — Used to set a default window glazing area for the building. The total
area of glass is measured as a percentage of the total building surface area
exposed to the sun. This enables a correction to be made in heat gain
calculations.
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Operations
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Contains controls used to set occupancy levels and
cooling plant operation times.
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Occupancy — Used to set the amount of time the building is occupied per week,
and can be viewed in a number of time formats. The maximum value allowed is
equivalent to seven days.
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Cooling plant time ON — Used to set the time of day when the building’s cooling
plant is turned on. The value can be viewed in a number of time formats. The
maximum value allowed is equivalent to 23 hours (the hours of the day begin at
zero hours).
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Cooling plant time OFF — Used to set the time of day when the building’s
cooling plant is turned off. The value can be viewed in a number of time
formats. The maximum value allowed is equivalent to 23 hours (the hours of the
day begin at zero hours).
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Climate
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Contains controls used to define the building’s
default climate data.
- Inside
Temperature — Defines the default inside temperature for the building as a
whole, which is used for dew point calculations.
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Economics
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The two panels under this heading contain building
Economics data
. The Economics data is used to calculate Building energy
costs and emissions.
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