Rescheck Tutorial Form – Fill Out and Use This PDF

RESCH E CK Soft w a r e

U se r ' s Gu ide

Bu ildin g En e r gy Code s Pr ogr a m

Ov e r v ie w

This sect ion describes how t o use t he RESch eck TM soft w are. RESch eck is designed t o dem onst rat e com pliance w it h t he requirem ent s of t he Council of Am erican Building Officials ( CABO) Model Energy Code

(M EC) and t he I nt ernat ional Code Council ( I CC) I nt ernat ional Energy Conservat ion Code ( I ECC) . I t is t he m ost flexible approach for

m eet ing t he MEC insulat ion and w indow requirem ent s. The RESch eck soft w are runs on t he Microsoft Window s operat ing syst em .

The soft w are dem onst rat es com pliance w it h t he 1992, 1993, and 1995 edit ions of t he MEC, t he 1998, 2000, 2003, and 2006 edit ions of t he

I ECC, t he 2006 I nt ernat ional Resident ial Code ( I RC) , and t he follow ing st at e and count y resident ial codes: Arkansas, Georgia, Minnesot a, New Ham pshire, New York, Verm ont , Wisconsin, and Pim a Count y, Arizona. The soft w are enables you t o quickly com pare different insulat ion levels in different part s of your building t o arrive at a package t hat w orks best for you .

RESch eck is appropriat e for insulat ion and w indow t rade- off calculat ions in resident ial det ached one- and t w o- fam ily buildings ( referred t o as single- fam ily buildings) and m u lt if a m ily buildings

( such as apart m ent s, condom inium s, t ow nhouses, and row houses) . Mult ifam ily buildings include r e side n t ia l bu ildin gs t hree st ories or less in height w it h t hree or m ore at t ached dw elling unit s.

The soft w are generat es a report t hat list s t he insulat ion and w indow levels of your proposed building, as w ell as t he addit ional basic requirem ent s found in t he code.

RESch eck perform s a sim ple U - fa ct or x Area ( U A ) calculat ion for each building assem bly t o det erm ine t he overall UA of your building. The UA t hat w ould result from a building conform ing t o t he code requirem ent s is com pared against t he UA for your building. I f t he t ot al heat loss ( represent ed as a UA) t hrough t he bu ildin g e n v e lope does not exceed t he t ot al heat loss from t he sam e building conform ing t o

t he code, t hen t he soft w are declares t hat you pass. A high - efficiency equipm ent t rade- off can also be perform ed.

2 0 0 6 I ECC, Pim a Cou n t y , N e w H a m psh ir e , or Ge or gia : When any of t hese codes is t he select ed code and high - efficiency m echanical equipm ent has been ent ered, t w o separat e calculat ions are perform ed w hen t he Check Com pliance but t on is clicked - t he UA calculat ion and

Ta ble Colu m n s a n d Row s

The En v elope and Mech an ical screens have grid- like t ables used t o ent er and st ore dat a. The row s and colum ns in t he t ables can be delet ed, m oved, collapsed and expanded.

Row s

Se le ct in g Row s

To select a row , click on t he t ree label corresponding t o t hat row or click on t he left m ost colum n of t hat row ( t he colum n cont aining row num bers) . The row w ill be highlight ed w hen correct ly select ed.

M ov in g Row s

Row s can be m oved by:

1 . select ing t he row t o be m oved ( as described above) ,

2 . releasing t he m ouse but t on,

3 . clicking and holding dow n t he m ouse but t on on t he left m ost colum n of t he select ed row s,

4 . dragging t he m ouse t o t he new locat ion - a t hin red line w ill appear indicat ing where t he row should be placed,

5 . releasing t he m ouse but t on w hen t he red line has been placed in t he desired locat ion .

A single t able row can also be m oved by dragging t he corresponding row label in t he t ree locat ed t o t he left of t he t able. Click t he m ouse on t he desired label and drag it t o anot her label on t he t ree. Aft er releasing t he m ouse, t he dragged label ( and row ) w ill be posit ioned direct ly under t he label on w hich it w as dropped. Som e rest rict ions apply t o t he placem ent of row s. I n t he En v elope screen, for exam ple, w indow and d o o r row s can only be placed under above- grade w all or ba se m e n t w a ll row s. Sk y ligh t row s can only be placed under

ce ilin g row s.