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A Project represents the highest level aspect of a Hero model. It holds high level data about the Project such as its Name, Type, as well as Site Information & Certification Notes.

It then holds either one Dwellings or many Dwellings, as well as the various Levels that act as reference planes throughout the Project.

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SITE PROPERTY

DESCRIPTION

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Climate Zone

The available NatHERS Climate Zones for the Project as determined by the Post-Code.

All Post-Codes have a Main Climate Zone, and some have further Alternative Climate Zones that may be used.

When Alternative Climate Zones are used, as per NatHERS Technical Note guidance, this should be documented in the Certificate Notes section of the Project Data-Grid.

The Climate Zone determines the Weather File that will be used for Chenath Simulations.

Project Data-Grid

Site Exposure

An attribute that describes the site context of the Project & that effects simulated wind-speeds within the Simulation.

These are defined & guidance given to their selection within the NatHERS Technical Notes

Options include:

  1. Exposed: Few or no obstructions. E.g. Flat grazing land, lake-side, ocean-frontage, desert, exposed high-rise unit without obstructions at a similar height to the dwelling

  2. Open: Grasslands with few well scattered obstructions less than or equal to 10 m. E.g. Farmland with scattered sheds, lightly vegetated bush blocks, elevated units with a few obstructions of similar height to the dwelling

  3. Suburban: Numerous closely spaced obstructions less than or equal to 10 m. E.g. Suburban housing, heavily vegetated bushland areas, townhouses

  4. Protected: Numerous closely spaced obstructions greater than 10 m. E.g. City and industrial areas

Note

Each Dwelling has it’s own Site Exposure that is determined based on it’s lowest Zone. The Site Exposure Property for Multi-Dwelling Projects gets moved to the Dwelling Data-Grid tab.

E.g: The Top Level Apartments of a Multi-Dwelling Project may be Exposed whereas the Ground Level apartments may be Protected or Suburban etc.

Project Data-Grid (Dwelling Data-Grid for Multi-Dwelling Projects)

Project North Arrow

The Direction of North on the Plans as relating to the way the Project is modelled in the Visual View.

Effects all Model objects within the Project and accounts for the fact that some Plans similarly have a Project North arrow in a direction other than directly up the page

For further information see Visual View Top Toolbar

Visual View

PROJECT ENGAGEMENT DETAILS

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A Class 2 Multi-Dwelling Project may also contain a Common Area Dwelling which is a non-simulated Dwelling that holds Common Area Zones such as Common Corridors & Carparks.

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Further Information: Dwellings

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LEVELS

The Project holds one or more Levels which are Reference Planes that act to organise Model data both visually & within the Data-Grid.

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Further Information: Levels