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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Note that Appendix G. specifically refers to “above-grade wall area” for determining fenestration percentages (in 2007, 2010 and 2013 versions).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Also note that “parking garages with natural or mechanical ventilation are not considered enclosed spaces” per 90.1 definition of
<i>space</i>. Therefore, any “walls”, whether above or below-ground, are not part of the
<i>building envelope</i>, are therefore not technically <i>walls</i> per 90.1 and wouldn’t be included in WWR calculations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> Bldg-sim [mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Shaun Martin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 15, 2015 1:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Jones, Christopher' <Christopher.r.Jones@wspgroup.com>; bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bldg-sim] ASHRAE 90.1 Window to Wall area definition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Page 213 of 90.1-2010 says “above-grade”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Shaun<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Shaun Martin LEED-AP, BEMP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">#90 – 425 Carrall Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> Bldg-sim [<a href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jones, Christopher<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 15, 2015 10:15 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bldg-sim] ASHRAE 90.1 Window to Wall area definition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I know this question has been asked before but I could not find a related thread.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">90.1 states that the WWR is based on the gross wall area and the definition of gross wall area includes below ground walls as well as above ground walls..  Including
 the below grade walls can make a significant difference in the WWR for typical urban high rise buildings with a number of below grade parking floors. 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Can someone confirm that the WWR calculation is based on above grade wall area plus below grade wall area?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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