User manual

FAQ for CBECC-Res 2013
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DHW
The DHW “system” consists of 8 individual water heaters:
If it had central water heating, the field labeled “Distribution Type” is from the equipment to the dwelling
unit and the field labeled “Multi-Family Hot Water Distribution Type” is for the distribution inside the
dwelling unit.
Number of Stories
The number of stories in the zone – so it will almost always be 1 in a multi-family building.
Garage
The garage is a special zone that is created when you check "Has attached garage" on the Building tab.
There is only one garage in the project just as there is only one attic). If you want to represent a garage
attached to each unit you can increase the size of the single garage zone to have the area and all the
surfaces of all the garages combined.