Electrical Loads Parameters

You can use the Electrical Loads dialog to specify the loads imposed by lighting and power for a space. These loads affect the heating and cooling loads analysis according to the lighting and power schedules for the specified building/space types. You can access this dialog by clicking Edit for Electrical Loads on a space’s Properties palette, or from the Details Tab in the Heating and Cooling Loads dialog for the selected space.

Under Lighting Loads, the following options display:

• Default Values: Uses the default values.
• Calculated Values: The value returned from a loads analysis.

  This value can be expressed as Watt or Watt per area. This value is imported as the LightingPowerPerArea component when importing a gbXML file.

• Specified Values: Lets you specify a value for lighting loads.

  This value can be expressed as Watts or Watts per area.

Under Power Loads, the following options display:

• Default Values: Uses the template values.
• Calculated Values: The value returned from a load analysis.

  This value can be expressed as Watt or Watt per area. This value is imported as the EquipPowerPerArea component when importing a gbXML file.

• Specified Values: Lets you specify a value for power loads.

  This value can be expressed as Watt or Watt per area.