Internal floor Properties
Properties For: Internal floor dialog opens when the Internal floor Project Tree object´s pop-up menu is activated in the OpenBuildings Energy Simulator Project Tree dialog and the Properties menu item is selected.
It contains controls used to view and define properties for internal floor surface types. Internal floor surfaces are floors inside rooms that are adjacent to inside spaces (rooms) below. The internal floor contains properties that all surface sub-types share as well as properties specific to the internal floor sub-type.
Note: The
Internal floor Construction details
properties panels under the Construction details heading contain controls used
to view the selected internal floor construction details. The properties
displayed here are saved in the OpenBuildings Energy Simulator materials database’s constructions
definitions. Constructions can be viewed, manipulated and created using
controls and settings found on the
Materials
Manager
dialog.
Property heading | Properties |
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Category | Displays the surface category. Category is a read only property. |
Sub type | Used to view or change the surface Sub type from Internal floor to another floor sub-type. The Sub type drop-down list is filtered and contains only floor sub types. |
Name | Used to enter a name for the internal floor. The name entered here appears appended to the internal floor object on the OpenBuildings Energy Simulator Project Tree dialog box. |
Construction | Used to view of change the internal floor material construction definition. |
Dimensions | Displays overall dimensions of the selected internal
floor.
|
Heatflow | Contains controls used to view and set Heatflow
data for the internal floor. Heatflow refers to the energy transfer occurring
through a surface’s material construction. Heatflow is established
automatically as rooms are created. OpenBuildings Energy Simulator determines if the adjacent space
below the room floor is in contact with another room below. If an adjacent room
is found under the floor, the surface is defined as being of the surface
sub-type internal floor.
|
Common | Displays common construction details for all
surface sub-types. Common construction details are read only properties.
|
Internal surface | Contains controls used to display thermal transfer
properties for internal surface types such as the internal floor. Internal
surface construction details are read only properties. Internal surface
construction details are defined using the controls in
Materials
Manager
.
|
Layers | Contains controls used to display the surface’s construction material layers in a read only table. The table displays thermal properties for each layer such as the thickness, density, conductivity, specific heat and vapor resistivity. |