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Spaces
Overview
Spaces are modeled with the space
marker tag. Spaces include the physical structure of buildings including floors
and rooms
. Spaces also encompass logical system-oriented zones
for HVAC, lighting, security, smoke/fire, etc.
Tags
All spaces must define a siteRef
tag for their parent site. In addition, when spaces are wholly contained by another space, they should model that relationship via the spaceRef
tag.
Floors
If a building has multiple floors, then each floor should be modeled using the floor
and space
marker tags. Floors are numbered using the floorNum
tag using the European convention where the ground floor is always floor zero. Subterranean floors are numbered using negative numbers. Here are examples for the proper modeling of floors:
// ground floor; typically called first floor in the US id: @site.floor1 dis: "Ground Floor" ground floor space floorNum: 0 siteRef: @site // basement floor id: @site.basement dis: "Basement Level 1" subterranean floor space floorNum: -1 siteRef: @site // roofs are modeled as a special floor id: @site.roof dis: "Roof level of two story building" roof floor space floorNum: 2 siteRef: @site
Zones
Zones are system oriented spaces. Currently we define the following zone types:
hvac-zone-space
: heating/cooling/ventilation zoneslighting-zone-space
: lighting zones
Here is an example of an HVAC zone:
id: @site.zone3B dis: "VAV Zone 3-B" hvac zone space siteRef: @site spaceRef: @site.floor3
Zones, and their associated points, are examined in detail in the Zones chapter.
Data Centers
Data centers are also modeled as a subtype of space. See the Data Centers chapter for details.