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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=599042715-13072007><FONT face="Courier New"
color=#0000ff size=2>Valid concerns, to be sure. But are there not simpler
ways to account for the additional air and energy than carrying the additional
'overhead' (no pun intended) of plenums in a simulation?
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=599042715-13072007><FONT face="Courier New"
color=#0000ff size=2>And wouldn't additional outside air tend to 'err' (no
homophone intended) on the side of conservancy when projecting energy
consumption? </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=599042715-13072007><FONT
face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>Lastly, when doing comparative analyses,
wouldn't the additional air (and energy) for the plenums tend to 'cancel
out'?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=599042715-13072007><FONT face="Courier New"
color=#0000ff size=2>Am not suggesting omitting plenums for final,
dialed-in load calculations. But for schematic design or design
development-level comparative energy analyses, dropping the plenums can save the
analyst significant speculative busy-work when extrapolated across a large
building. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=599042715-13072007><FONT face="Courier New"
color=#0000ff size=2>Just our methodology for the above types of projects,
FWIW.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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[mailto:BLDG-SIM@gard.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Peterson, John<BR><B>Sent:</B>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">The plenums subtract
from the total room volume. If the return is ducted, this makes a large
difference. Also while the plenum & room may have the same or nearly
the same temp/humidity, ventilation rates for the room might be calculated based
on a CO2 level difference. The CO2 calculation is based on the room
volume, which relates directly with OA needed, and hence the energy to condition
that OA. The plenum can mean a big difference in room volume flows when
extrapolated across an entire building. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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BLDG-<st1:stockticker w:st="on">SIM</st1:stockticker>@gard.com
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Do you really
need the plenums? Personally I find them non-value-added for most of our
energy study work. Suggest specifying ceiling height equal to
floor-to-floor height in the DD wizard to make them disappear.
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[mailto:BLDG-<st1:stockticker w:st="on">SIM</st1:stockticker>@gard.com] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Lynn Qualmann<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, <st1:date w:st="on"
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am using eQuest to model an office
building with 3 unique floors, many spaces (with diff't use types) per
floor and plenums between floors. I have already defined the appropriate
footprints for each floor and imported them into a single model.
<st1:stockticker w:st="on">NBD</st1:stockticker>. Because there are many spaces
per floor and plenums assume the shape of the space they sit over, it seemed
like a good idea to import the plenums as separate, floor-shaped spaces.
This was to allow internal floors and ceilings of the non-plenum spaces to
be specified as NEXT-TO the appropriate plenum without any concern for the shape
of the plenum. If each space on, say, Floor1 had an associated
plenum reflecting the space shape, the spaces on Floor2 would not line
up with those plenums. I defined neither a floor or ceiling for the plenums so
that interior floors and ceilings would be part of the occupied spaces. As I'm
sure many of you are thinking, DOE2 doesn't like that arrangement and requires
at least two TILTs among the interior surfaces, i.e. walls + floor, walls +
ceiling or floor + ceiling. If I put a floor in the 1st-floor plenum, I need to
specify which space it is NEXT-TO and the approach falls apart. Obviously, the
same deal applies to plenum ceilings. Has anyone got any ideas of how to work
around this? Is it better to just associate the plenums with the spaces below
them and let the chips fall where they may when the separate floors are imported
(i.e. can heat transfer from/to plenums be ignored?)? Am I missing something
really obvious?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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