[Equest-users] Interior courtyards

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One of the standard shapes in eQUEST DD wizard is a rectangular building
with a courtyard.  If you select this, eQUEST creates a “C” shape building
with the ends of the C very close together and (ideally) set as adiabatic.



 

You can do something similar with your shell(s).  Trace the outside of the
footprint, then cross over at some logical point, trace the interior
courtyard, then go back to the outside and finish the footprint. Be careful
to put the adjacent vertices close together but not one atop the other or
such that the footprint crosses itself.  In the wizard screen 2, you can
right click on a wall segment and set it to be adiabatic.  You will want to
do this for the walls that are within the footprint.

 

I hope this helps.





 

 

 

From: Equest-users [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On
Behalf Of Ng, Jason
Sent: July-20-15 4:57 PM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Equest-users] Interior courtyards

 

Hello all,

 

I have a particular building geometry that I am unsure of how to simulate. I
know that you cannot simulate an exterior space that is completely
surrounded by interior zones. In the past when I have come across an
interior courtyard type of geometry I was able to conveniently split my
shell in two parts with minimal effort with the split occurring along the
edges of the interior courtyard. 

 

This time, however, my interior courtyard (which is actually more like a
large light well than an interior courtyard) is relatively small compared to
my building, but not small enough to ignore, and spans across three floors,
including the interior parking garage in the basement. Before taking the
time to split my shells like I did in the past, I was wondering if anyone
has a more clever way of approaching this particular geometry?

 

One option I thought of was to separate the spaces surrounding the courtyard
on each floor into their own zones and simply adding appropriately sized
external walls and fenestration to these zones in detailed mode, while
simulating the courtyard itself as non-conditioned. Could it really be so
simple?

 

The attached image is of the second floor of the building. The courtyard is
in the red circle. 

 

 


  

Jason Ng_ing. jr. M.Sc.A., LEED green associate

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5143833747x2813

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