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Building output (walls, façades, green roofs & walls)

Written only with the building-physics / greening module. "Wall System" refers to the modelled wall; "Greening" and "Substrate" appear only where a green façade or green roof is present.

Wall and the air in front of it

Wall System: Shading flag ( )

Whether the wall point is shaded or sunlit.

Wall System: Air Temperature in front of Wall System (°C)

Air temperature just outside the wall.

Wall System: Wind Speed in front of Wall System (m/s)

Wind speed at the wall surface.

Wall System: Spec. Humidity in front of Wall System (g/kg)

Humidity at the wall surface.

Wall System: SW Rad. received / absorbed / reflected (W/m2)

Sunlight that hits, is taken in by, and is bounced off the wall.

Wall System: LW Rad. received / emitted (W/m2)

Heat radiation arriving at and given off by the wall.

Wall System: LW Rad. Energy Balance (W/m2)

Net heat-radiation gain/loss of the wall.

Wall System: Sensible Heat Flux H (W/m2)

Heat the wall passes to the air.

Wall System: Latent Heat Flux LE (W/m2)

Cooling from evaporation at the wall (e.g. from a wet/green surface).

Wall System: Sensible Heat Transmission Coeff. outside (W/m2K)

How easily heat moves between the wall surface and the outdoor air.

Wall System: Sum Humidity Flux at Wall System (g/s*m3)

Total moisture exchanged at the wall.

Inside the building and through the wall

Building: Temperature of Building (inside) (°C) — or — Energy to keep Air Temperature Building constant (inside) (W)

Either the indoor temperature, or (in conditioned-building mode) the heating/cooling energy needed to hold the indoor temperature steady.

Wall: Temperature Node 0 … 6 (°C)

Temperature at points through the wall, from the outer face (Node 0) to the inner face (Node 6). Shows how heat moves through the wall.

Green façade / green wall (only where present)

Wall: (air / radiation / heat values behind the greening)

A second set of the same air, radiation and heat values for the bare wall behind the greening, including the conduction heat flux through its outer layer.

Greening: Temperature Leaves in Canopy (°C)

Leaf temperature of the green layer.

Greening: Air Temperature / Air Humidity in Canopy

Conditions inside the green layer.

Greening: Air Temperature / Wind Speed in Front of Greening

Conditions just outside the greening.

Greening: SW / LW Rad. received / absorbed / reflected / emitted / Energy Balance (W/m2)

The greening's radiation exchange (the two-sided values count both leaf faces).

Greening: Transpiration Flux (mg/s*m3)

How much water the greening releases — its cooling effect.

Greening: Stomata Resistance (s/m)

How freely the green layer transpires.

Greening: Water Access Factor ( )

How well-watered the greening is (low = water-stressed).

Green-roof / green-wall substrate (only where present)

Substrate: Temperature Node 0 … 6 (°C)

Temperatures through the growing medium, outer to inner.

Substrate: Air Temperature / Wind Speed in front of Substrate

Conditions at the substrate surface.

Substrate: Surface Humidity (g/kg)

Humidity at the substrate surface.

Substrate: Humidity Flux at Substrate (mg/s*m3)

Moisture (evaporation) from the substrate.

Substrate: SW / LW Rad. received / absorbed / reflected / emitted / Energy Balance (W/m2)

The substrate's radiation exchange.

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