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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks – it sounds as though there is no technique to
merge spaces (once mapped) other than using an air wall. I could have imagined
a function that combined the loads and mass properties from a number of spaces
into a super-space.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I use unmet loads in the spaces as an objective measure of
whether the model is “providing” enough energy. I’m not sure
how to decide when unmet loads can be ignored. Unmet loads criteria will also
have to be fulfilled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Dan<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"'> Carol Gardner
[mailto:cmg750@gmail.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 27, 2010 8:25 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Dan Coutin<br>
<b>Cc:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Difficulty merging spaces<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dan,<br>
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I'm not sure why you are trying to manage unmet loads. I would suggest that you
do all you can to meet the loads and don't worry about it further. Since your
"spaces" are really at an equilibrium temperature once you call the
wall an air wall that should suffice.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Carol<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Dan Coutin <<a
href="mailto:CoutinD@erdmananthony.com">CoutinD@erdmananthony.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>On occasion</span> <span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I have mapped</span> <span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>a single physical space as two
adjacent spaces. This</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>is</span>
<span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>convenient</span> <span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>when, for example, the ceiling
heights</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>vary
considerably. I have been unable to merge the two spaces</span> <span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>– the result being seen as
different unmet loads</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>in
each space. I have tried turning the wall to an air wall with very</span> <span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>high U value to no avail.</span> <span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I have sometimes been able to manage
unmet loads by</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>fixing
space air flow, but this is</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>not
ideal, especially when trying to auto-size to fulfill</span> <span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>modeling protocol.</span> <span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Can anyone please guide me on this.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Thanks</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dan
Coutin</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Erdman
Anthony</span><br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Troy, New York</span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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