EAVES, OFFSETS AND SHADING
- When simulating after adding various shading options from the selection there is no change to the heating & cooling loads. What is the solution?
- How is the height of the adjacent shading object best modelled?
- Do I have to enter it again relative to the first floor?
- How does the software calculate the height of the shade object for the Level 2 glazing?
- How do I put more than 1 eave polygon on 1 level? (For example, an upper level that has 2 groups of zones that are not directly attached)
- When you draw an eave on a level that protrudes on part of the wall and not others, does the eave affect the adjacent windows/doors and is the offset on the adjacent windows or doors important?
- Where is the offset measurement taken when a gable overhang exists above window?
- I have a problem with a project that comprises a lower floor and an upper floor that extends up in two separate blocks. Once I have inserted the eaves on one of those upper floor blocks it will not allow me to add an eave to the second block.
- How do we model a 60% metal shading device? How do I input the shading distance out from the window? How do I input the shading distance above the window?
- How do we allow for an adjoining building that is only 40mm away from the external wall?
- How accurately do the eaves have to be drawn?
- I am modelling a house with an enclosed patio having a Vergola roof. How is this done?
- How are balconies modelled?
- In the detailed report for BERS Pro I note that when you draw the eave it appears to measure from the face of the zone drawn as opposed to the face of the outside wall. A 600mm eave traced indicates 850mm in the detailed report. Is this correct?
- I’m modelling a house with a protected evergreen tree outside the living room. What percentage of the shading do I schedule it at? I presume whatever the percentage of shading I do for it, it will be the same for the entire year as it is an evergreen.
- If you click the vertical shading button, choose horizontal louvers and configure the shading %, does the program still require the offset and projection of the horizontal louvers to be entered in to the second eave boxes as well?
- How do you model a bull nose veranda?
- When modelling a solar pergola there is no ability to define the length of the shading projection, what is the default length when modelling such a device?
- How do I input an obstruction on only the 2nd level?
- Does shaded air apply to walls that are covered by a veranda and a large evergreen tree?
- If I have a two storey house and am setting the shading offset for windows of the lower storey (which has no eaves or verandahs overhead), do I leave the shading offset at 0, or measure to second storey eave?
- A client wants to add a vertical timber shading device to a whole wall to the north-west. Would I be able to use the vertical shading feature and set the shading percentage to 50% or so?