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Outdoor Air Information Dialog

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    You use the Outdoor Air Information dialog to specify the settings used to calculate outdoor airflow for the zone. The heating and cooling loads are calculated based on the largest calculated airflow. You access this dialog by clicking Edit for Outdoor Air Information in the Instance Properties dialog for the selected zone.

    You can specify values for individual Outdoor Air options, or you can specify values for all 3 options. Calculations for heating and cooling loads always uses the largest calculated airflow.

    NoteYou can rerun loads with different options selected and values specified.

    Select the following options from the Outdoor Air Information dialog:

    • Minimum Outdoor Air per Person: The amount of outdoor air required for each person (in a space) for all spaces in the zone. This value is specified for each zone.
    • Minimum Outdoor Air per Area: The amount of outdoor air per occupied square area of all spaces in the zone. This value is specified for each zone.
    • Minimum Air Changes: The number of times per hour that the air volume of all occupied spaces in the zone is replaced. The value is specified for each zone.