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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Reniel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Believe it or not, but I think that the program allows for night-time
radiative cooling.  So, on a cold winter night, without the canopy, the
building cools to the black-body of space.  With the canopy, that radiative
cooling path is blocked and the building retains heat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Kim E Shinn, PE, LEED AP BD+C, CxA</span></b><span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>Senior Sustainability Consultant</span></i><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> reniel barroso
[mailto:renielbarroso@yahoo.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 18, 2010 12:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Shinn, Kim; Nick Caton; Dakota Kelley;
equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Above Roof Canopy Modeling<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks.<br>
I appreciate each of your insights.<br>
<br>
The project is in Middle East so everybody can have a clearer picture of the
error in numbers.<br>
<br>
I'll check Kim's point on low solar altitudes.<br>
<br>
I just couldn't relate Nick's point on the numbers that I have.<br>
Please take note that the more transmittance I introduced in the courtyard, the
more space heating it requires on spaces facing the courtyard and vice versa.<br>
Is it correct?<br>
I couldn't relate it to cooling-heating fundamentals.<br>
Nick, please confirm your point by clarifying these issues.<br>
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Thank you so much.<br>
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<br>
Reniel<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> &quot;Shinn, Kim&quot;
&lt;kim.shinn@tlc-eng.com&gt;<br>
<b>To:</b> Nick Caton &lt;ncaton@smithboucher.com&gt;; reniel barroso
&lt;renielbarroso@yahoo.com&gt;; Dakota Kelley &lt;dakotak@teliospc.com&gt;;
&quot;equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org&quot;
&lt;equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org&gt;<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 18, 2010 19:55:43<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] Above Roof Canopy Modeling</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Another possible issue on the cooling side:&nbsp; In some
climates, and in some building configurations, we see very high cooling loads
in the fall, winter and spring (e.g, The Middle East).&nbsp; Ambient
temperatures moderate somewhat from summer extremes, but the low solar
altitudes are throwing radiation load at the windows at a much more direct
angle, frequently “under” the lip of our overhangs and canopies.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Kim E Shinn, PE, LEED AP BD+C, CxA</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>Senior Sustainability Consultant</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Nick Caton [mailto:ncaton@smithboucher.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 18, 2010 9:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> reniel barroso; Shinn, Kim; Dakota Kelley;
equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] Above Roof Canopy Modeling</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Without more specifics, I think we can only give you some
general advice/suggestions…&nbsp; I haven’t tried this, but if you’re trying to
observe results with/without the shade, maybe you should just delete the shade
instead of altering transmittance and see if anything changes?</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Overhangs/shades/canopies and the like can both help and hurt
over the course of the year.&nbsp; From what we’ve heard I don’t think you’re
doing anything wrong in application.&nbsp; I might take these results as a sign
you need to carefully reconsider your canopy design with respect to how it is
blocking sunlight.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Rather than focusing on overall cooling/heating energy spent,
you might do well to identify which specific internal/external load components
are changing significantly.&nbsp; If you have any daylighting controls
specifically, watch carefully what’s happening to your lighting energy spent.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The increase in heating energy is likely because you’ve
eliminated a significant amount of solar gains through fenestrations and opaque
walls by blocking the sun during heating months.&nbsp; Remember that building
shades are shading more than windows!</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>In the heating months and from an energy-perspective, a perfect
window shade blocks only as much direct sunlight as is required to prevent
glare issues through windows.&nbsp; Any other direct light is welcome as a free
heating source – both on windows and opaque walls.&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></p>

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color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The lesser increase in cooling energy probably has a less direct
conglomeration of reasons…&nbsp; That it’s relatively minor suggests it could
be a lot of things.&nbsp; I would look at whether your simultaneous
cooling/heating hours are changing. &nbsp;For review:&nbsp; In cooling months,
a perfect shade blocks (reflects away) direct light incident on windows <u>and</u>
opaque walls to minimize solar thermal loads, but still lets indirect light
inside windows for daylighting purposes without obstructing views to an
unacceptable level.&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></p>

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color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Another potentially odd daylight/thermal behavior interaction
I’ve observed:&nbsp; If you end up really cutting down your lighting energy
spent, you might observe a corresponding increase in heating energy spent, as
you’re effectively eliminating a heating source in the winter by not running
your lights at 100%.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> reniel barroso
[mailto:renielbarroso@yahoo.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 18, 2010 6:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Shinn, Kim; Nick Caton; Dakota Kelley; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Above Roof Canopy Modeling</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi!</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>It
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On
the model that we're working on,</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We
already did what&nbsp;everyone suggested.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We
modeled the canopy as fixed shading.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To
double check if the model is running as what we're expecting based on cooling
load fundamentals,</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We
modeled full opaque canopy (0 transmittance)&nbsp;and&nbsp;1.0 transmittance
for comparison purposes only.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>After
running the model, we had weird results:</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>0
transmittance</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Chilled
Water - 104.05 MBTU</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Space
Heating - 74.8 kwh (X000)</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1.0&nbsp;transmittance</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Chilled
Water - 109.9 MBTU</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Space
Heating - 96.2 kwh (X000)</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Am
I modeling it wrong?</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Am
I missing something?</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Are
we having the same results especially with the heating consumption?</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What
are the areas that I should check first before concluding?</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Note
that we modeled the systems for both as AUTOSIZING.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks
for your assistance.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Reniel</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> &quot;Shinn, Kim&quot;
&lt;kim.shinn@tlc-eng.com&gt;<br>
<b>To:</b> Nick Caton &lt;ncaton@smithboucher.com&gt;; Dakota Kelley
&lt;dakotak@teliospc.com&gt;; reniel barroso &lt;renielbarroso@yahoo.com&gt;;
&quot;equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org&quot;
&lt;equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org&gt;<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 17, 2010 21:44:23<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] Above Roof Canopy Modeling</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>At the risk of piling on more information than you really
wanted:</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>App G allows you to take advantage of shading – so, remove
shading from your 90.1 baseline.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>You can assign schedules, transparency and reflectance to
shades.&nbsp; If you want to model the effect of deciduous trees planted near
the building, for instance, you can use a schedule to have greater transparency
in the winter (for passive solar heating) and less transparency in the summer
for shading.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Kim E Shinn, PE, LEED AP BD+C, CxA</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>Senior Sustainability Consultant</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>

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color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Nick Caton
[mailto:ncaton@smithboucher.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Dakota Kelley; Shinn, Kim; reniel barroso;
equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Above Roof Canopy Modeling</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks Dakota!</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>This is good to know as I have a situation where it would
probably be less work to explore some specific overhang/fin options within my
complex eQuest model vs. trying to build a separate model through my more usual
daylight analysis workflows.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Bonus points for your response being 10x more clear than my
question =)!</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Stylus BT","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Dakota Kelley
[mailto:dakotak@teliospc.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Nick Caton; Shinn, Kim; reniel barroso;
equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] Above Roof Canopy Modeling</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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color:#1F497D'>Window shades only shade their parent window, not the
walls.&nbsp; Building shades will shade everything in their shadow, and they
rotate with the building if the azimuth is changed.&nbsp; Fixed shades also
shade everything in their shadow, but they do not rotate with the building.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Nick Caton
[mailto:ncaton@smithboucher.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Shinn, Kim; reniel barroso; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Above Roof Canopy Modeling</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Here is another illustration shading a courtyard of sorts.&nbsp;
You’re looking at the dark grey rectangle in both examples.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I have a followup actually for others familiar with creating
building shades – are they any different in behavior from a window shade, or
are they the same thing simply defined in different ways?&nbsp; More
specifically, do window shades shade buildings and can I define building shades
as a means of modeling multiple vertical fins/horizontal light shades per
window?&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>~Nick</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Stylus BT","sans-serif";
color:#2D4D5E'>NICK CATON, E.I.T.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Shinn,
Kim<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:03 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> reniel barroso; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Above Roof Canopy Modeling</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Reniel:</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>What you need is an exterior shade.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>In detailed edit mode, go to Building Shell and select Fixed
Shades (or a Building Shade, depending on whether you want the shade to be
attached to the building – as it rotates, for instance).&nbsp; A fixed shade
remains fixed in space.&nbsp; This is a good way to model adjacent buildings.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=1280 height=1024 id="Picture_x0020_2"
src="cid:image004.png@01CAB097.9F2B3640"></span><o:p></o:p></p>

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color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Right click on Fixed Shade and go through the dialog boxes.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Kim E Shinn, PE, LEED AP BD+C, CxA</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>Senior Sustainability Consultant</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>

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color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> reniel barroso
[mailto:renielbarroso@yahoo.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 17, 2010 8:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Above Roof Canopy Modeling</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi
to All,</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We
are modeling 3 buildings interconnected with each other.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A
large canopy is covering&nbsp;the roof of the buildings and&nbsp;partially
shading&nbsp;the courtyard within these buildings.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Can
we model this canopy in eQuest? How?</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Can
we model its effect on the cooling load of spaces facing the courtyard?</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We
are&nbsp;expecting that solar heat gain will be lower on fenestrations of the rooms/spaces
facing courtyard due to shading compared to perimeter spaces facing outside the
development.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks
in advance.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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