- internal_idfloat
Random id for the distinction between different elements.
- namestr
Individual name
- construction_typestr
Type of construction (e.g. “heavy” or “light”). Needed for
distinction between different constructions types in the same
building age period.
- year_of_retrofitint
Year of last retrofit
- year_of_constructionint
Year of first construction
- building_age_grouplist
Determines the building age period that this building
element belongs to [begin, end], e.g. [1984, 1994]
- areafloat [m2]
Area of building element
- tiltfloat [degree]
Tilt against horizontal, default 90.0
- orientationfloat [degree]
Azimuth direction of building element (0 : north, 90: east, 180: south,
270: west)
- inner_convectionfloat [W/(m2*K)]
Constant heat transfer coefficient of convection inner side (facing
the zone), default 2.7
- inner_radiationfloat [W/(m2*K)]
Constant heat transfer coefficient of radiation inner side (facing
the zone), default 5.0
- outer_convectionfloat [W/(m2*K)]
Constant heat transfer coefficient of convection outer side (facing
the ambient or adjacent zone), default 20.0
- outer_radiationfloat [W/(m2*K)]
Constant heat transfer coefficient of radiation outer side (facing
the ambient or adjacent zone), default 5.0
- layerlist
List of all layers of a building element (to be filled with Layer
objects). Use element.layer = None to delete all layers of the building
element
- Specific Attributes for Window
- g_valuefloat
solar heat gain coefficient of Window
- a_convfloat
relative convective heat emission because of absorption of short wave
irradiation of inner side of Window according to VDI 6007
- shading_g_totalfloat
shaded g value of the window
- shading_max_irrfloat
threshold for automatic shading
- Calculated Attributes
- r1float [K/W]
equivalent resistance R1 of the analogous model given in VDI 6007
- r2float [K/W]
equivalent resistance R2 of the analogous model given in VDI 6007
- r3float [K/W]
equivalent resistance R3 of the analogous model given in VDI 6007
- c1float [J/K]
equivalent capacity C1 of the analogous model given in VDI 6007
- c2float [J/K]
equivalent capacity C2 of the analogous model given in VDI 6007
- c1_korrfloat [J/K]
corrected capacity C1,korr for building elements in the case of
asymmetrical thermal load given in VDI 6007
- ua_valuefloat [W/K]
UA-Value of building element (Area times U-Value)
- r_inner_convfloat [K/W]
Convective resistance of building element on inner side (facing the
zone)
- r_inner_radfloat [K/W]
Radiative resistance of building element on inner side (facing the
zone)
- r_inner_convfloat [K/W]
Combined convective and radiative resistance of building element on
inner side (facing the zone)
- r_outer_convfloat [K/W]
Convective resistance of building element on outer side (facing
the ambient or adjacent zone). Currently for all InnerWalls and
GroundFloors this value is set to 0.0
- r_outer_radfloat [K/W]
Radiative resistance of building element on outer side (facing
the ambient or adjacent zone). Currently for all InnerWalls and
GroundFloors this value is set to 0.0
- r_outer_convfloat [K/W]
Combined convective and radiative resistance of building element on
outer side (facing the ambient or adjacent zone). Currently for all
InnerWalls and GroundFloors this value is set to 0.0
- wf_outfloat
Weightfactor of building element ua_value/ua_value_zone