OVERVIEW
A Dwelling within Hero represents a single Home or Apartment within the Project..
Hero is a multi-dwelling modelling tool in that it allows all dwellings to be modelled within the one Hero Project & save file.
Dwellings have separate Chenath simulations performed upon them, and are issued individual NatHERS Certificates with the project having a NatHERS Summary Certificate issued that agglomerates individual Dwelling NatHERS Star-ratings.
Hero also creates a special dwelling called a Common Area Dwelling for Class 2 multi-dwelling projects to contain Common Area Zones such as Carparks & Corridors (see below).
DWELLING PROPERTIES
PROPERTY | DESCRIPTION | EDITED WITHIN |
|---|---|---|
Name | The Name of the Dwelling | Dwelling Data-Grid |
Unit Number Address | The Unit Number or sub-address of the Dwelling that will be prepended to the Project’s Address for NatHERS Certificates. E.g. A Dwelling with Unit Number “Unit 24” and Project Address “100 Main St” will have a final address on the NatHERS Certificate of “Unit 24, 100 Main St” | Dwelling Data-Grid |
Lot / Deposited Plan (DP) Number | Lot or Deposited Plan Number for the Project as per the existing or future Title. Used so that NatHERS Assessments can be tied to specific addresses regardless of future changes to addresses etc, and will potentially make it easier for future search & retrieval of NatHERS Assessment information by future owners or occupants. For Multi-Dwelling Projects, the Lot Number is entered on a Dwelling by Dwelling basis and can be found & edited within the Dwelling Data-Grid | Project Data-Grid (Dwelling Data-Grid for Multi-Dwelling Projects) |
Site Exposure | Dwelling Data-Grid | |
Certificate Notes | Dwelling Data-Grid |
DWELLINGS WITHIN THE VISUAL-VIEW
Dwellings can be created, deleted & selected within the Visual-View Top Toolbar. The selected dwelling in the Visual-View Top Toolbar’s Dwelling list will become the parent Dwelling of any new Zones created within the Visual View.
For further information see Visual View Top Toolbar
DWELLINGS WITHIN THE DATA-GRID
For a Single Dwelling Project, most Dwelling information is integrated into the Project aspects of the Project Data-Grid and the Dwelling Data-Grid tab becomes hidden.
When a Project becomes a Multi-Dwelling project, the Dwellings tab is shown in the Data-Grid and further details on the Dwellings can be entered here.
COMMON AREA DWELLING
ZONES
A Dwelling can contain one or more Zones that represent the individual rooms or separately modelled spaces in the Dwelling. Dwellings act as the Parent of Zone.
For further information see: Zones
DWELLINGS & CHENATH SIMULATIONS
Due to the limitations of the NatHERS simulation protocol as well as the Chenath Engine, Dwellings are all simulated separately with individual simulations within Chenath.
Adjacencies to Neighbouring Dwellings are modelled as Neighbouring Adiabatic within Chenath and no heat transfer is assumed with these adjacencies.