[Bldg-sim] Adiabatic Floor

[Nick Caton]

Hi Sunayana,

It sounds like you're using eQuest, but please clarify if not:

For a three-shell, three-story building, I would suggest an adiabatic
floor type for the 2nd and 3rd floor shells while in the DD wizards.
Any other selection for a distinct shell will result in floor perimeter
loads appropriate to a slab-on-grade or else a floor exposed to exterior
conditions, neither of which sounds like an intended feature of your
building.

Regards,

~Nick

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[mailto:bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Sunayana
Jain
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 6:24 PM
To: bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Bldg-sim] Adiabatic Floor


Hello everyone,

I have a question regarding adiabatic floor. I am working on energy
modeling for a 3 storey building, in which each storey was created as a
separate shell by selecting adiabatic roof type for level 1 and level 2.
In the model, I also have a plenum space to serve the below zones.
Please advice if I need to change floor type from adiabatic to standard
in detail edit mode. 

Thanks in advance.


Sunayana Jain LEED AP, EIT






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