Building

This object has two purposes. First, it can be utilized to group Space objects together for metering. Also, there are some physical aspects of the the building that can be calculated from some parameters of the building. For example, the Infiltrations can be estimated from the number of storeys and the ShelterClass (check docs for those).

Examples

.spl

Building {
    name: "Main Building",
    shelter_class: "Urban"    
}

.json

{
    "name": "Main Building",
    "shelter_class": "Urban"
}

Full Specification

Building {
   name : string,
   n_storeys : int, // optional,
   shelter_class : ShelterClass, // optional,
   stack_coefficient : number, // optional,
   wind_coefficient : number, // optional,
}

name

The name of the Building

n_storeys (optional)

The number of storeys of this building.

This value use used by the AirFlow module when a Space associated to this Building has been assigned an EffectiveAirLeakageArea infiltration. This value is required for calculating the Stack Coefficient ($C_s$) and the Wind Coefficient ($C_w$) of the EffectiveAirLeakageArea infiltration. $C_s$ and $C_w$ can be inputed directly by assigning values to the stack_coefficient and wind_coefficient fields, in which case the n_storeys field will be ignored.

shelter_class (optional)

The ShelterClass of this building.

This value use used by the AirFlow module when a Space associated to this Building has been assigned an EffectiveAirLeakageArea infiltration. This value is required for calculating the Wind Coefficient ($C_s$) of the EffectiveAirLeakageArea infiltration. $C_w$ can be inputed directly by assigning values to the wind_coefficient field, in which case the shelter_class field will be ignored.

stack_coefficient (optional)

The stack coefficient of this building, used for calculating infiltrations in Spaces that utilize the EffectiveAirLeakageArea infiltration option.

If not given, the number of storeys will be used for getting this values (based on EnergyPlus' Engineering Reference).

Note: The EffectiveAirLeakageArea object is appropriate for buildings of 3 storeys or less.

wind_coefficient (optional)

The wind coefficient of this building, used for calculating infiltrations in Spaces that utilize the EffectiveAirLeakageArea infiltration option.

If not given, the number of storeys will be used for getting this values (based on EnergyPlus' Engineering Reference).

Note: The EffectiveAirLeakageArea object is appropriate for buildings of 3 storeys or less.