.Buildings.Templates.UsersGuide.Conventions

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Control point connections

Inside a template class, the connect clauses involving control points typically do not have any graphical annotation and are therefore not rendered as connection lines in the diagram view. Those connect clauses are grouped together in a dedicated section of the equation section of each class, namely /* Control point connection - (start | stop) */.

Definitions

System

We adopt the definition hereafter from ASHRAE (2021).

A set of components is a system if they share a load in common (i.e., collectively act as a source to downstream equipment, such as a set of chillers in a lead/lag relation- ship serving air handlers).

• Each air handler constitutes its own separate system because it does not share a load (terminal unit) in common with the other air handlers.
• Each VAV box constitutes its own system because it does not share a load (conditioned space) in common with the other VAV boxes.

Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used in that package.

References

• ASHRAE, 2021. Guideline 36-2021, High-Performance Sequences of Operation for HVAC Systems. Atlanta, GA.