Thermal Properties

Thermal Properties

Certain assembly types such as Wall, Floor, Ceiling, Roof and Building Pad have calculated and settable thermal properties which are represented by the ThermalProperties class.

The ThermalProperties class has properties for the values shown above. Absorptance and Roughness are modifiable while HeatTransferCoefficient, ThermalResistance, and ThermalMass are read-only. The units for these calculated values are shown in the table below.

Property

Unit

HeatTransferCoefficient

watts per meter-squared kelvin

(W/(m^2*K)

ThermalResistance

meter-squared kelvin per watt

((m^2*K)/Watt)

ThermalMass

kilogram feet-squared per second squared kelvin

(kg ft^2/(s^2 K))

Thermal properties can be retrieved using the ThermalProperties property on the following types:

Parent topic: Walls, Floors, Ceilings, Roofs and Openings