The building type for the L2 (2021) compliance analysis, sometimes referred to as the NCM building type. The NCM methodology requires the building to be assigned a type such as ‘Airport terminal’, ‘Hospital’ or ‘Office’. For each building type there is a set of ‘activities’ that can be assigned to rooms in the building (optionally via templates) and which dictate the conditions assumed in those rooms. The building type also determines the building category, which is used to set the glazing percentages in the notional building.
The building type may be overridden for individual rooms in buildings housing a variety of activities.
