5.12 Load - Ventilation

Ventilation

Use when it is desired to calculate engineered ventilation.

Engineered Ventilation

Ventilation from Infiltration

This is the calculated ventilation based on infiltration.

Local Code Requirements

Enter any ventilation required by local code.

Minimum Code Airflow

If local code requires a minimum airflow (cfm) enter the value.

Minimum Code ACH

If local code requires a minimum number of air changes per hour, enter the value. Typical values range from 0.4 to 1.5.

Ventilation per ACH

This is the calculated net ventilation based on infiltration values, code minimum airflow, and calculated airflow based on Air Changes per Hour.

Code Required Ventilation Override

Override

Allows you to override the Net Ventilation calculation. Yes to override and enter a custom value, No to use the calculated value

Value

If you have chosen to override the Net Ventilation Calculation, enter the value.

Ventilation View 2

Calculated Values

Sensible Load

Total calculated ventilation sensible load for the envelope.

Latent Load

Total calculated ventilation latent load for the envelope.

Load

Heating

Yes or no indicates whether or not Heating is calculated for this load.

Cooling

Yes or no indicates whether or not Cooling is calculated for this load.

Count

Count is the number of occurrences of this particular item, typically one.