<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>That is the preferred way to do it for LEED.</div><div><br></div><div><div>--</div><div><br></div><div>Chris Schaffner, PE</div><div>LEED Fellow</div><div>Founder and Principal</div><div><br></div><div>The Green Engineer, LLP</div><div>Sustainable Design Consulting</div><div>50 Beharrell Street</div><div>Concord, MA 01742</div><div>T: 978.369.8978</div><div>M:978.844.1464</div><div>chris@greenengineer.com</div><div>www.greenengineer.com</div><div><br></div><div>The Green Engineer, LLP is a Certified B Corporation</div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> jai yadav <<a href="mailto:jaivardhany@yahoo.com">jaivardhany@yahoo.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span> jai yadav <<a href="mailto:jaivardhany@yahoo.com">jaivardhany@yahoo.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:05:31 +0530 (IST)<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> "<a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [Bldg-sim] Modelling UFAD for LEED<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto">Dear Energy Simulators</div><div style="RIGHT: auto"> </div><div style="RIGHT: auto">I have to model Under Floor Air Distribution (UFAD) for one of LEED projects. I went through the document at the link <a href="http://www.energydesignresources.com/media/2654/EDR_DesignGuidelines_%20HVAC_Simulation.pdf">http://www.energydesignresources.com/media/2654/EDR_DesignGuidelines_%20HVAC_Simulation.pdf</a> to model UFAD in eQUEST. The major assumption in this method to model UFAD is to create a plenum zone, to model the effect of a thermally stratified zone above the occupied zone, and transfer a fraction of People (25%), Lighting (33%) and Equipment (33%) loads in that zone.</div><div style="RIGHT: auto"> </div><div style="RIGHT: auto">Is this method to model UFAD acceptable for simulations<var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var> carried out to show LEED compliance? Has anyone else used this method before? Or is there any other method to model UFAD?</div><div style="RIGHT: auto"> </div><div style="RIGHT: auto">Your comments would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.</div><div style="RIGHT: auto"> </div><div style="RIGHT: auto">Regards</div><div style="RIGHT: auto">Ethen</div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________
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