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Johnson Controls Products and Equipment Available on Autodesk® Seek

Files now available for Water Source Heat Pumps, single packaged units, York air-cooled chillers, VAV boxes and fan-coil units

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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U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

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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
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.
An illustration of a cross-section of a passive solar home. It shows the angle of the summer sun hitting a roof overhang used as the control, blocking the sun's heat from the windows or aperture below. It shows the angle of the winter sun and how it enters the windows or aperture beneath the roof overhang, letting in the sun's heat.  It also shows how the home's interior floor is used as thermal mass, absorbing and distributing the heat from the winter sun.

 

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