<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#b45f06">If an apartment has a single thermostat, then it makes no sense to model it as more than one zone - because it IS a single zone.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 6:06 PM, Julien Marrec <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:julien.marrec@gmail.com" target="_blank">julien.marrec@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Is this a LEED project?</div><div><br></div><div>Long story short, no I don't think this is a reasonable comment.</div><div>One block per apartment is common practice, and you can merge block if their share a similar orientation.</div><div><br></div><div>Julien<br><br>Envoyé de mon iPhone</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>Le 25 oct. 2015 à 13:01, Sherif Farag <<a href="mailto:sherif.sabr@gmail.com" target="_blank">sherif.sabr@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue">Dear Modellers;</span><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue"><br><div>I am modelled a multifamily residential building with thermal blocks following ASHRAE 90.1:2007 Table G3.1 <u>item 9</u>. but I received a comment from the reviewer asking me to follow Table G3.1 <u>item 7a</u> and justified the comment because the living areas and bedroom areas having different occupancy profiles, he also suggested that (to simplify the profiles) the occupants are in the living space from 1800hrs to 2400hrs and in the bedroom spaces 0000hrs to 0800hrs.</div><div><br></div><div>Is this a reasonable comment?</div><div>Did anybody here had a similar experience?</div><div><br></div><div>I will appreciate your feedback & recommendations.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks & Regards; </div><div><div> </div><div><div dir="ltr"><p style="direction:ltr"><a name="150a10a23528cf6e_SafeHtmlFilter__MailAutoSig"><b>Sherif Farag</b></a></p><p style="direction:ltr"><b>Sustainability Consultant</b></p><p style="direction:ltr">P.O. Box: 127842</p><p style="direction:ltr">Abu Dhabi, UAE</p><p style="direction:ltr">M: <a href="tel:%2B971%2055%20199%200022" value="+971551990022" target="_blank">+971 55 199 0022</a> | E: <a href="mailto:sherif.sabr@gmail.com" target="_blank">sherif.sabr@gmail.com</a> | Skype ID: sherif.farag9</p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Bldg-sim mailing list</span><br><span><a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org" target="_blank">http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe from this mailing list send a blank message to <a href="mailto:BLDG-SIM-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG" target="_blank">BLDG-SIM-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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