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class=673123802-22022007>I simulated an 80,000 sq.ft building, a two wing, three
story building. Each three story wing is to have it's own fan system
(ASHRAE-90.1-2004 requires it to be Package VAV). So I set it up this way, and
successfully ran the model.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=673123802-22022007>The Ls-C output, I am told, is the only place in the
model where the conditioned sq.ft is shown. 80,000 sq.ft, lo and
behold.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=673123802-22022007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=673123802-22022007>But THEN I went to SV-A, two of them one for each fan
system. BOTH of the sq.ft shown on were 80,000 sq.ft</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=673123802-22022007>The DOE-2 help for DOE-2.2/eQuest says the following
for the SV-A report (and I quote):</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=673123802-22022007>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT><SPAN class=673123802-22022007><U><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>System-Level Design Values</FONT></U></DIV>
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<P class=BodyTextArialBold><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>SYSTEM
TYPE</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>is the code-word
identifying the type of system. </FONT></P>
<P class=BodyTextArialBold><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>ALTITUDE
FACTOR</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>is the altitude
adjustment factor for air flows; it multiplies air flows at sea level to get air
flows at the actual altitude of the building.</FONT></P>
<P class=BodyTextArialBold><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>FLOOR
AREA</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><STRONG>is the total floor area of all zones served by the system that
have ZONE-TYPE = CONDITIONED or UNCONDITIONED, or, for ZONE-TYPE = PLENUM, that
have non-zero occupancy</STRONG>.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=673123802-22022007>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText><SPAN class=673123802-22022007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>My plenums are shown as zero occupancy.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText><SPAN class=673123802-22022007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>So WHY does it seem to be counting them as part of the
Floor Area ????</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText><SPAN class=673123802-22022007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>HALP !!</FONT></SPAN></P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#0000ff>John R. Aulbach, PE, CEM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>Project Manager</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT color=#0000ff>Nexant,
Inc</FONT>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>100 North Barranca, Suite
820</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>West Covina, CA 91791 USA</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phone: 626-430-9054</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fax: 626-430-9060</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>email: <A
title=mailto:jaulbach@nexant.com
href="mailto:jaulbach@nexant.com">jaulbach@nexant.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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