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    • 3.1 HVAC System Map
    • 3.2 Project Data
    • 3.3 Thermal Blocks
      • 3.3.1 General Information
      • 3.3.2 Interior Lighting
      • 3.3.3 Receptacle and Process Loads
      • 3.3.4 Occupants
      • 3.3.5 Infiltration
      • 3.3.6 Natural Ventilation
      • 3.3.7 Thermal Mass
    • 3.4 Space Uses
    • 3.5 Building Envelope Data
    • 3.6 HVAC Zone Level Systems
    • 3.7 HVAC Secondary Systems
    • 3.8 HVAC Primary Systems
    • 3.9 Miscellaneous Energy Uses
    • 3.10 On-Site Power Generation
    • 3.11 Common Data Structures

3.3 Thermal Blocks

A thermal block is a space or collection of spaces having similar space-conditioning requirements and is the basic thermal unit used in modeling the building. A thermal block can include more than one HVAC zone, but HVAC zones are not split between thermal blocks.

  • 3.3.1 General Information
  • 3.3.2 Interior Lighting
  • 3.3.3 Receptacle and Process Loads
  • 3.3.4 Occupants
  • 3.3.5 Infiltration
  • 3.3.6 Natural Ventilation
  • 3.3.7 Thermal Mass

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