<div>On some models, I have had quite a few warning messages, such as "space XX might have insufficient heating capacity" where the space in question was modeled with the design heating equipment and showed no unmet hours. For warnings like this, I usually include a little explanation in the LEED documentation stating "XX warnings are of the form: 'space may have insufficient heating capacity' As the space shows no unmet load hours, we feel that this is ok..."<br>
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<div>But, if your windows aren't on the correct wall, this could be a problem. Look at the warnings though, it could be that your glass and frame area is larger than the actual wall area, so the issue may not be position, but size.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Jeff Seger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Jeff.Seger@megroup.com">Jeff.Seger@megroup.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">As long as your window dimensions and floor to floor/floor to ceiling heights are correct, AND you document the warnings in a comments section, LEED reviewers should be OK with it, though it could depend on the warning. What does it say exactly?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Omar Katanani [mailto:<a href="mailto:omar@ecoconsulting.net" target="_blank">omar@ecoconsulting.net</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 22, 2010 11:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] A lot of warning messages!</span></p></div></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-GB">I have 248 warning messages and most of them are due to the position of windows. I honestly do not want to correct every single window!</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-GB">Will the LEED reviewers comment on this? My model is running perfectly with reasonable numbers (I have 0 errors).</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang="EN-GB">Many thanks!</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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