Version 3 Tutorial - New Project
General Project Description Dialogue
Here, you are asked to enter some general information about the project to be modeled (not all of which needs to be entered).
In the example dialogue box below, the user has entered the name of the project as "Test Building 1" . The user has also provided a more detailed descriptor of the intent of the simulation. The location of the project has been specified as "Atlanta" by selecting from the Project Location list menu.
The gross floor area is an optional input that the software uses to display results on a unit area basis.
Atlanta
Industrial Click to see the Operating Energy Consumption dialog. |
Enter the building /assembly life for your project. This invokes
a typical envelope component maintenance and replacement
schedule, which is keyed to the building location, type
and occupancy (which you next select from the list provided).
Building life is also used to determine the total life cycle operating energy should you choose to enter the annual operating energy by fuel type. |
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You can either highlight and enter the building life or use the scrolling arrows to change the building life by increments of 20 years.
Next select the default units you want the software to use when opening dialogue boxes for data input. The SI (metric) unit designation is the default unit measure for entering assembly information and has been selected in the example. While inputs to the software can be specified as either Imperial or (SI) metric, the internal calculations and final results are computed in metric units.
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