[Equest-users] Modeling a pergola

[Nick Caton]

Hi Daka,

 

You'll have to excuse my lack of architectural vocabulary, but if your
roof is a "pergola" like the ones that come up under a google image
search
<http://www.google.com/images?q=pergola&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:o
fficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1
482&bih=842> , an open to the air structure for hanging pretty vines and
such...

 

I'd question why you're modeling it as a roof to begin with.  If that
structure is on top of a roof or adjacent to your building, I'd model a
series of building shades.  I'd account for any conditioning equipment
(IR heater, fans) as process loads.  If it's remote from a building
without any conditioning equipment... why are you trying to make an
energy model of it?

 

~Nick

 

 

 

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Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 1:05 PM
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Subject: [Equest-users] Modeling a pergola

 

Dear all,

I have a problem with the modeling of the roof of my building since it
is a pergola, the problem is that the pergola  is very complicated and
Equest allows me to draw only one form besides the limit of vertices in
eQUEST is only 120, so what should I do?

Any suggestion is welcomed.

Thank you.

 

DAKA

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