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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have played with the inputs for two days and every time
the existence of plenums will cause BDL errors using the LEED compliance tool. The
program assumes that any space with Z>0 and unconditioned is a plenum or
enclosed ceiling (Page 13 of the tutorial.) Changing the HVAC return path of “plenum”
to “ducted” does not solve the problem because these unconditioned
spaces still exist in the geometry. This issue prevents one from doing the
LEED analysis on any existing or new models with a dropped ceiling where the
floor to floor height is not the same as the floor to ceiling height. I have
reread the LEED Compliance manual several times but cannot find what the issue
is. Any thoughts, I would really like to be able to automatically generate
baseline models.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#595959;font-weight:bold'>JAMES
F. GEERS | </span></font></b><b><font size=1 color="#595959"
face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#595959;
font-weight:bold'>ARCHITECT & LEED AP</span></font></b><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#595959" face=Arial><span
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DIRECT </span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color="#9cb135" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#9CB135;font-weight:bold'>SFA
ARCHITECTS, INC.</span></font></b><font color="#9cb135" face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:#9CB135'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="#595959" face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#595959;font-weight:bold'>CINCINNATI</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:City><b><font
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color:#595959'>300 WEST FOURTH STREET</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
size=1 color="#595959" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#595959'> | <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">CINCINNATI</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">OHIO</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">45202</st1:PostalCode></st1:place>
| 513.721.0600 - OFFICE | 513.721.0611 - FAX<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="#595959" face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#595959;font-weight:bold'>DAYTON</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:City><b><font
size=1 color="#595959" face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#595959;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#595959" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#595959'>120 WEST SECOND
STREET | <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">SUITE</st1:Street>
1800</st1:address> | <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">DAYTON</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">OHIO</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">45402</st1:PostalCode></st1:place>
| 937.281.0600 - OFFICE | 937.281.0611 - FAX<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='color:#9CB135'><span title="blocked::www.sfa-architects.com">WWW.SFA-ARCHITECTS.COM</span></span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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