Adding Thermal Properties for Energy Analysis using Building Elements

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When performing an analysis on a detailed building model, you can add thermal properties for building elements such as floors, slabs, walls, and roofs.

To enable thermal properties

1. Open a view that displays the detailed building model.
2. Click Analyze tabEnergy Analysis panel Energy Settings.
3. Under Detailed Model, select Include Thermal Properties.
Note: If Thermal Properties are not included in material element layers for elements in the model, the default Conceptual Constructions are used in the analysis.

To add thermal properties to elements for analysis

1. Open a view that displays the detailed building model.
2. Click Architecture tab.
3. Select a building element, such as a wall.
4. On the Properties palette, select Edit Type.
5. For Structure, select Edit.
6. In the Edit Assembly dialog, click in the Material column.
7. In the Material Browser, click + Thermal to view and edit thermal properties.
8. Click Apply and OK to close the dialog.
9. Click OK to close the Edit Assembly dialog.
10. In the Type Properties, under Analytical Properties note that the thermal properties are populated: Heat Transfer Coefficient, Thermal Resistance (R), and Thermal mass.
11. Continue steps 4-10 for each element that you want to include thermal properties for in the energy analysis.