About 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 a 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.

The Electrical Loads dialog contains the following options:

• Lighting
  • Values - By Space Type: Uses the default values for the space.
  • Values - Specified: Lets you specify a value for electrical loads.

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

  • Values - Actual: 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.

• Power
  • Values - By Space Type: Uses the default values for the space.
  • Values - Specified: Lets you specify a value for power loads.

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

  • Values - Actual: 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.