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I find this a bit too much… I was wondering if you can simplify this by grouping similar spacetypes by setpoints or floors and reduce the number of systems. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Also, in the preliminary submission 100% of the zones were submitted as system 4, but this was noted by the USGBC reviewer as an error (as it was based on the average of the entire building not per system). As it has been now corrected and only 2.5% of the zones will be system 8, we are estimating the difference will be negligible. Would a narrative explaining this suffice? Has anyone been in this situation and how did you approach it? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many thanks in advance for your help,<o:p></o:p></p></div><table id="c1-id-6" width="500" border="0"><colgroup id="c1-id-7"><col id="c1-id-8" /></colgroup><tbody id="c1-id-9"><tr id="c1-id-10"><td id="c1-id-11"><p id="c1-id-12" style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span id="c1-id-13" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Veronica Ochoa</span></p></td></tr><tr id="c1-id-14"><td id="c1-id-15"><p id="c1-id-16" style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span id="c1-id-17" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Consultant</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table id="c1-id-18" class="MsoNormalTable" style="WIDTH: 170.15pt" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="227" border="0"><colgroup id="c1-id-19"><col id="c1-id-20" width="227" /></colgroup><tbody id="c1-id-21"><tr id="c1-id-22"><td id="c1-id-23" style="WIDTH: 170.15pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; 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