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Milwaukee, Wis. – (July 13, 2010) –
Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global
leader in delivering products, services and
solutions that increase energy efficiency in
buildings, now offers a line of products and
equipment on Autodesk® Seek web service.
Visitors to the site can now access premium
quality Autodesk Revit® Building Information
Modeling (BIM) files for the following
products: Water Source Heat Pumps; Johnson
Controls Series 5, 10, 20, 40 and 100 Single
Packaged Units; York Air-Cooled Chiller line
(YCAV, YCIV, YLAA), Variable-Air Volume (VAV)
boxes and fan-coil units. Sales and
engineering guides, as well as installation,
operation and maintenance manuals are also
available.
The Autodesk Seek web service allows
consulting engineers, contractors and
architects to search, select and specify a
breadth of rich, high-quality building
product content, including 3D models, 2D
drawings, visual images and product
specification data using Autodesk’s advanced
search technology.
The BIM models are fully compliant with
Revit guidelines and standards. The content
has the appropriate level of detail,
adequate number of types and follows the
standards, which ensure the models reduce
the performance impact on the project and
enable the portability and performance of
the content. Quality Revit content balances
performance with design accuracy and
required levels of detail. The BIM models
are easy to use because they function
reliably in a range of projects and project
phases, while delivering manufactured
content in a format appropriate for
architecture and engineering design
environments.
Key features of Johnson Controls BIM
Models:
- Graphic indicator when there is a
breach in the design limitations that is
product specific.
- High performance in the project
environment.
- Geometry is constrained, 2D Geometry
in Plan, Elevation and Section Views.
- Detail Level Changes are consistent
with the systems that the content will
be attached to.
- Engineering data is transferred
through the systems correctly by the
content connectors.
- Parameters are consistent with the
master shared parameters list supplied
by Autodesk Seek.
- Families are fully compliant with
Autodesk Seek’s Revit Model Content
Style Guide.
- All necessary properties are fully
schedulable.
- All of the content is Manufacturer
approved.
To access the files on Autodesk Seek,
visit
http://seek.autodesk.com/search/johnson+controls+inc.
For more information about Johnson Controls,
visit
http://www.johnsoncontrols.com.
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Featured Article
U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
Energy Savers
Five Elements of Passive Solar Home Design
The following five elements constitute a complete
passive solar home design. Each performs a separate
function, but all five must work together for the design
to be successful.
- Aperture (Collector)
- The large glass (window) area through which
sunlight enters the building. Typically, the
aperture(s) should face within 30 degrees of true
south and should not be shaded by other buildings or
trees from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day during the
heating season.
- Absorber
- The hard, darkened surface of the storage
element. This surface—which could be that of a
masonry wall, floor, or partition (phase change
material), or that of a water container—sits in the
direct path of sunlight. Sunlight hits the surface
and is absorbed as heat.
- Thermal mass
- The materials that retain or store the heat
produced by sunlight. The difference between the
absorber and thermal mass, although they often form
the same wall or floor, is that the absorber is an
exposed surface whereas thermal mass is the material
below or behind that surface.
- Distribution
- The method by which solar heat circulates from
the collection and storage points to different areas
of the house. A strictly passive design will use the
three natural heat transfer modes—conduction,
convection, and radiation—exclusively. In some
applications, however, fans, ducts, and blowers may
help with the distribution of heat through the
house.
- Control
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Roof overhangs can be used to shade the aperture
area during summer months. Other elements that
control under- and/or overheating include electronic
sensing devices, such as a differential thermostat
that signals a fan to turn on; operable vents and
dampers that allow or restrict heat flow;
low-emissivity blinds; and
awnings.
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