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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>My baseline building energy usage is much lower than
expected and in trying to track down the cause I’ve found that the “Building
Peak Load Components” lists no roof heat gain or heat loss.  I did
find that there is a gain/loss located in the upper floor plenum and it’s
shown in the “Space Peak Load Components”.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Is the plenum not considered part of the building?  I’m
concerned that the plenum walls and roof are not being included in the energy
modeling run.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'>Thomas N. Eckwahl<br>
Project Engineer, Mechanical</span></font><font color=navy><span lang=EN
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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Arial;color:red'>karpinski<br>
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style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>ENGINEERING</span></font><font
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<u1:STREET u2:insAuthor="Christine Carlson" u2:insDate="2008-06-05T08:35:00Z" u2:endInsAuthor="Christine Carlson" u2:endInsDate="2008-06-05T08:35:00Z"><u1:ADDRESS u2:insAuthor="Christine Carlson" u2:insDate="2008-06-05T08:35:00Z" u2:endInsAuthor="Christine Carlson" u2:endInsDate="2008-06-05T08:35:00Z"><u3:STREET u2:st="on"><u3:ADDRESS u2:st="on"><u4:Street u5:st="on"><u4:address u5:st="on">

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