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.