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color:#1F497D">I am assuming by ceiling you mean a dropped ceiling. If that's the case, the only time you have one is when you're floor-floor>floor -ceiling in the wizard.
You will then get a plenum zone and the ceiling is the surface between them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D">Floors separate two zones stacked above each other<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D">Roof is an exterior surface (on top) of a zone.
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color:#1F497D">If a floor is above a conditioned space then it is modeled as adiabatic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D">Not sure about your Window question. If you set your window height as ~5ft and your overall flr-flr height is more than 10 (more than double the window height)
then I can see it giving you an error for a window-wall ratio of 50.7% - you don't have enough wall width to carry out the request.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D">Hope this helps<o:p></o:p></span></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>Ju-Yeon Julie Shin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 21, 2010 1:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] (no subject)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">First of all, THANK YOU ALL for helping me to build this model without giving it up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I spent two days on the weekend to build the model and one day to define zones. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Defining zones took the entire day because multi level spaces kept giving me errors so i just assumed that they are all one level spaces. Too bad. (fig#1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Anyway, I have few questions regarding constructions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">As you can see on the fig#2, "Building Envelope Constructions" consists of "Roof Surfaces", "Ground Floor", and "Below Grade Walls".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">For the basement floor, does "Roof Surfaces" actually mean the ceiling?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Since the ground floor does not stand exactly on the basement floor (I mean they have different footprints), I believe that the exposed basement ceiling needs different construction. Am
I correct? If I am, how can I assign different constructions for each part?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">For the first floor, the same screen asks whether it is above a conditioned space or a parking garage, etc. It is actually located above both of them(a conditioned space
and a parking lot). I am not sure which one to choose and how my decision is going to affect on the simulation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">The fig#3 is about a standard floor (6, 7, and 8th). I am still not sure how I have to understand "Roof Surfaces", "Ground Floor", and "Below Grade Walls" concepts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I don't know why I need roof and ground constructions for a standard floor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">The last question for now is about window construction (fig#5). I put window width, height, and sill height. Then I put "% window". The entire window to wall ratio is 49%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">But whichever number I put for this percentage, it keeps telling me that it is out of range. Does anyone know how to make it work?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I like using eQUEST "UP UNTIL NOW" but at the same time I'm so frustrat ed because I have no background on it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Again, thank you so much for helping me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Joo Yun Julie Shin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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