Energy Scheming 3.0 Users Manual

Table of Contents

 

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Chapter

Heading

Page

Chapter 0.

Read This First!

0.7

Before Installing Energy Scheming

0.8

Installing Energy Scheming

0.9

Before You Begin to Use Energy Scheming!

0.10

To Get Started

0.12

Chapter 1.

Introduction

1.1

Technical Considerations and the Creative Process

1.1

Overview of Energy Scheming

1.4

The Energy Performance Report

1.8

Macintosh Conventions Used in Energy Scheming

1.11

Guide to The Drawing Environment

1.14

Guide to the Takeoff Environment

1.19

Chapter 2.

Guided Tour is disabled here but can be reached from the Student Homepage

2.1

Chapter 3.

How Energy Scheming Calculates Loads

3.1

Guide to the Energy Analysis

3.1

Sources of Heat Gain

3.2

Sources of Heat Loss

3.5

Chapter 4.

Input Requirements

4.1

Define Project

4.1

Draw Mode

4.2

Takeoff Mode: Plans and Elevations

4.3

Schedules

4.5

Strategies

4.6

Chapter 5.

Procedures

5.1

Preliminaries

5.1

Building Drawings

5.3

Preliminary Takeoff Procedures

5.6

Specifications from Plan Drawings

5.7

Roof Specifications

5.9

Floor Specification

5.17

Occupancy Zones

5.22

Equipment Zones

5.27

Electric Lighting Zones Specification

5.31

Mass Specification

5.35

Windows/Skylights Specification

5.38

Specifications from Elevation Drawings

5.42

Walls

5.45

Roofs

5.50

Windows/Skylights

5.51

Chapter 6.

Building Diagnositics and the Advisor

6.1

Components of the report

6.1

How to view the report

6.2

How to print the report

6.5

How to interpret the report

6.6

Improving energy performance

6.15

Thermographics

6.15

The Advisor

6.19

Custom reports

6.22

Chapter 7.

Menu Descriptions

7.1

Apple Menu

7.2

File Menu

7.2

Edit Menu

7.7

Options Menu

7.7

Define Menu

7.9

Rule-of-Thumb Menu

7.12

View Menu

7.13

Advisor Menu

7.17

Appendices

A.1

A.

Algorithms

A.2

Rule of Thumb for Windows

A.2

Overview of the Annual Energy Summary

A.7

Internal Heat Gain

A.9

Daylighting

A.10

Solar Heat Gains

A.18

Conductive and Convective Heat Flow

A.25

Heat Storage in Thermal Mass

A.30

Climate Data

A.38

B.

Default Building Data

A.41

C.

Allowable Input Ranges

A.46

D.

Thermal Resistance of Materials

A.48

E.

Shallow Well Water Temperatures

A.49

F.

Solar Savings Fraction Data

A.50

G.

Common Airport Data Format

A.57

H.

Clear Day Radiation Totals

A.58

Bibliography

B.1

Index

I.1