https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/48069/glazed-area-and-frame-areaen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/48069/glazed-area-and-frame-areaFri, 04 Feb 2022 15:50:43 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f72cf1d8-52c6-47d0-812e-47c51fc6b386Shane Reganhttps://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/48069/glazed-area-and-frame-area#commentsCurrent Revision posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Shane Regan on 2/4/2022 3:50:43 PM<br /> <table style="background-color:#dce5f0;border:0px solid #dce5f0;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;" width="30%"><strong>Product(s):</strong></td> <td>OpenBuildings Energy Simulator</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Version(s):</strong></td> <td>CONNECT Edition</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Environment:</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Area:</strong></td> <td>Building Modelling</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Subarea:</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h1>Overview</h1> <p>The percentage of your window openings that comprise of glazing vs window frames can be set in your Building properties.</p> <h1>Method</h1> <p>To change this, right click on Building in the project tree and select Properties.</p> <p><img style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1587379183772v1.png" alt=" " /></p> <p></p> <p>Scroll down to Dimensions and edit Window area as shown below.</p> <p><img style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1587379272124v2.png" alt=" " /></p> <p></p> <p>The fraction of window area occupied by glass defines the amount of glass in the gross area specified for the window. This enables a correction for frame to be made in some heat gain calculation methods.</p> <p>Note that the U-factor for any glazing, as defined in the Table of glazing should reflect the composite glass and frame performance.</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/5850.NewLogo.png"><img style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " height="60" src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" width="189" /></a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: frame area, window frame, OpenBuildings Energy Simulator, Glazing</div>