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Name

The Name of the Zone

Name Column

Type

The Zone Type such as Bedroom or Living Room or Unconditioned.

Zone Type determines the Heating & Cooling Thermostat Setpoints & Profile as well as Internal Heat Gain impacts (see Resources.

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See the table below for all NatHERS Zone Types.

Type Column

Dwelling

The Parent Dwellingof the Zone.

Can be changed if Zone was initially created within the wrong Dwelling.

Dwelling Column (if >1 Dwelling)

Volume

The Total Air Volume of the Zone (in m3).

Can be Manually Overridden by Users if desired to enter custom Air-Volumes.

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Volumes are typically Automatically calculated by Hero. However there are situations where the User may wish to set their own Zone Volume figure due to unusual Zone geometry or other reasons. The Hero Automatic Volume calculations can become less accurate for Non-Rectangular Zones (e.g. Zones with lots of split walls, floating walls and/or raked ceilings).

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The Automatic/Manual Volume Column of the Zone Data-Grid allows Users to toggle between Hero or User Volume figures. Setting the Toggle back to Automatic will recalculate the Volume back to Hero’s calculated value

Volume & Volume Automatic Columns

Air Leakage

Total Air Leakage of all Penetrations within the Zone (in m3/hr)

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Note: Currently does not include Simulated Air-leakage from Room & Openings, just Penetrations (coming soon)

Air Leakage Column (hidden by Default)

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