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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>For a multi-story structure, what do
people recommend for modeling an underground parking garage? Is it better to
model the garage like an unconditioned basement using underground wall/underground
floor -or- is it better to simply model the floor as an exterior wall tilted 180
degrees?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><b><font size=2
color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>++++++</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>

<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Christian
Stalberg</span></font></b></strong><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>, Energy Modeler<br>
<img width=269 height=62 id="_x0000_i1028"
src="cid:image001.jpg@01C8ABAD.6B5BA840" title=www.southern-energy.com
border=0><br>
Southern Energy Management<br>
(O) 919.836.0330<br>
(C) 919.801.0734<br>
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w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">101 Kitty Hawk Drive</st1:Street></st1:address><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Morrisville</st1:City>, <st1:State
  w:st="on">NC</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">27560</st1:PostalCode></st1:place></st1:address><br>
<a href="http://www.southern-energy.com">www.southern-energy.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:green;font-style:
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face=Verdana><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:green;font-style:italic'> Please</span></font></i></b></strong><strong><b><i><font
size=1 color=green face=Verdana><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:green;font-style:italic'> consider the environment
before printing this email</span></font></i></b></strong><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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