energy:UsageZone

Type

Feature Type

Definition

A usage zone is a zone of a building with homogeneous usage type.

Belongs to module

energy:Occupant Behaviour

Derived from

energy:AbstractUsageZone

Attributes and associations

Name

Type

core:creationDate [0..1]

Date

core:terminationDate [0..1]

Date

core:externalReference [0..*]

ExternalReference

core:relativeToTerrain [0..1]

RelativeToTerrain

core:relativeToWater [0..1]

RelativeToWater

core:appearance [0..*]

AbstractAppearance

core:genericAttribute [0..*]

AbstractGenericAttribute

energy:coolingSchedule [0..1]

AbstractSchedule

energy:heatingSchedule [0..1]

AbstractSchedule

energy:usageZoneType [1]

CurrentUseValue

energy:usedFloors [0..1]

integerList

energy:ventilationSchedule [0..1]

AbstractSchedule

energy:floorArea [0..*]

FloorArea

energy:volumeGeometry [0..1]

GM_Solid

energy:averageInternalGains [0..1]

HeatExchangeType

energy:contains [0..*]

BuildingUnit

energy:occupiedBy [0..*]

Occupants

energy:equippedWith [0..*]

Facilities



Attribute type: core:creationDate

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Definition

Date the city object was generated.

Cardinality

0..1

Data type

Date



Attribute type: core:terminationDate

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Definition

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Cardinality

0..1

Data type

Date



Attribute type: core:externalReference

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Definition

Reference to a corresponding object in another information system, for example in the German cadastre (ALKIS), the German topographic information system (ATKIS), or the OS MasterMap®.

Cardinality

0..*

Data type

ExternalReference (DataType)



Attribute type: core:relativeToTerrain

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Definition

Location of the city object relative to the surrounding terrain.

Cardinality

0..1

Data type

RelativeToTerrain (Enumeration)



Code

Text

entirelyAboveTerrain

entirelyAboveTerrain

Object is located entirely above terrain.

substantiallyAboveTerrain

substantiallyAboveTerrain

Most, but not all parts of the object are located above terrain.

substantiallyAboveAndBelowTerrain

substantiallyAboveAndBelowTerrain

Parts of the object are located above terrain, and other parts below terrain.

substantiallyBelowTerrain

substantiallyBelowTerrain

Most, but not all parts of the object are located below terrain.

entirelyBelowTerrain

entirelyBelowTerrain

All parts of the object are located below terrain.



Attribute type: core:relativeToWater

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Definition

Location of the city object relative to the surrounding water surface.

Cardinality

0..1

Data type

RelativeToWater (Enumeration)



Code

Text

entirelyAboveWaterSurface

entirelyAboveWaterSurface

Object is located entirely above water surface..

substantiallyAboveWaterSurface

substantiallyAboveWaterSurface

Most, but not all parts of the object are located above water surface.

substantiallyAboveAndBelowWaterSurface

substantiallyAboveAndBelowWaterSurface

Parts of the object are located above water surface, and other parts below water surface.

substantiallyBelowWaterSurface

substantiallyBelowWaterSurface

Most, but not all parts of the object are located below water surface.

entirelyBelowWaterSurface

entirelyBelowWaterSurface

All parts of the object are located below water surface.

temporarilyAboveAndBelowWaterSurface

temporarilyAboveAndBelowWaterSurface

The height of the water surface is varying and the object temporily is located above or below water level.



Attribute type: core:appearance

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Definition

Cardinality

0..*

Data type

AbstractAppearance



Attribute type: core:genericAttribute

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Definition

Additional property of the city object

Cardinality

0..*

Data type

AbstractGenericAttribute (DataType)



Attribute type: energy:coolingSchedule

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Definition

Temperature schedule of the active cooling inside the usage zone.

Cardinality

0..1

Data type

AbstractSchedule



Attribute type: energy:heatingSchedule

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Definition

Temperature schedule of the active heating inside the usage zone.

Cardinality

0..1

Data type

AbstractSchedule



Attribute type: energy:usageZoneType

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Definition

Usage class of the zone.

Cardinality

1

Data type

CurrentUseValue (CodeList)



Attribute type: energy:usedFloors

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Definition

List of the number of floors part of the usage zone (0 = ground level).

Cardinality

0..1

Data type

integerList (Type)



Attribute type: energy:ventilationSchedule

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Definition

Air change rate [1/h] schedule of the ventilation system inside the usage zone.

Cardinality

0..1

Data type

AbstractSchedule



Attribute type: energy:floorArea

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Definition

Floor area of the usage zone. Different calculation methods (e.g. gross area, net area) can be selected. If a thermal zone is related to more than one usage zone, this attribute is mandatory in order to enable the calculation of average heating / cooling schedules.

Cardinality

0..*

Data type

FloorArea



Attribute type: energy:volumeGeometry

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Definition

Geometric representation of the UsageZone volume.

Cardinality

0..1

Data type

GM_Solid (Type)



Attribute type: energy:averageInternalGains

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Definition

Aggregated average heat energy per year dissipated by the occupants and facilities in a usage zone over the whole year (positive for heat source, negative for heat sink/cool source).

Cardinality

0..1

Data type

HeatExchangeType



Attribute type: energy:contains

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Definition

Association between UsageZone class and BuildingUnit class.

Cardinality

0..*

Data type

BuildingUnit



Attribute type: energy:occupiedBy

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Definition

Association between UsageZone class and Occupants class.

Cardinality

0..*

Data type

Occupants



Attribute type: energy:equippedWith

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Definition

Association between UsageZone class and Facilities class.

Cardinality

0..*

Data type

Facilities