Dictionary

Term	Definition
Animate	It is possible to display an animated calculation of solar gains and shadows for a model in Xsun.
Building element	A description of a building element defined in the database (e.g. constructions or windoor). Can be used directly as a description of a construction, a window, or a door.
Building material	A building material is used to build up building elements layer by layer.
Cell	The geometric description of a room.
Construction layer	A building element or a construction is built up of layers. Each layer consists of a building material. For windows and doors, it is a description of: glazing, frame, and infill.
Construction	Construction. A wall, a floor, or a roof.
Cooling	Mechanical cooling. In tsbi5, mechanical cooling is carried out using a cooling radiator, e.g. a cooling ceiling. No consideration is given to the cooling demand in the event of condensation forming on the surface.
Dayprofile	A day profile is a description (distribution) of the load from a system over a day.
Edge	An edge of a surface.
Environment	Entry point for the definition of environmental impacts for building materials in the database. The environmental impacts are used only for LCA calculations, which are not part of the current software package.
Equipment	Equipment.
Face	The geometric description of a construction.
Finish	The surface of the material facing the two sides of a construction.
Frame	Frame around a window or a door.
Ground	Ground. A surface can face the ground, which must be assigned a temperature that can vary throughout the year.
Heating	Heating. In tsbi5, heating is carried out by a radiator.
Kill animate	Stops the animation in XSun at the current point in time. It is possible to jump back and forth one time step at a time.
Lighting	Lighting.
Moisture	Moisture.
Node	The temperature is calculated at the constructions’ nodes during simulation with tsbi5.
Options	Options, typically for defining various default values for the model and the programs.
People	The people system provides a heat load to the thermal zone to which they are assigned.
Recess	Recessing of the glazing in a window or door relative to the outer face of the façade.
Room	A room in the model. A room can be located in a thermal zone, and only rooms in thermal zones are included in simulations with tsbi5. All rooms, also those outside thermal zones, are included in the model when it is imported into the Be10 program.
Schedule	A schedule is a collection of pairs of control settings and time indications that together make up the control strategy for a system.
Shading	Solar shading.
Shutter	Shutters, normally perceived as night shutters, but can also be used to completely or partially block solar gains within a given time period.
Sidefin	Around windows and doors, there may be side fins. A side fin is a shading device, in addition to any recessing of the glazing relative to the outer face of the façade.
Site	The geographical location of the model. When climate data is selected, this information is retrieved from the climate file.
Split	The split command is used, for example, to divide an edge of a surface into two equal parts.
Thermal zone	Thermal zone. System control is carried out at the level of thermal zones. A thermal zone can contain several rooms, which will then have the same simulated temperature.
Transmittance	Solar energy transmittance for a pane at normal incidence on the plane of the pane. Often stated as the pane’s g-value.
Venting	Venting.
Windoor	A collective term for windows and doors.
Wizard	A “wizard” that sets up a wide range of standard parameters with just a few clicks.