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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Pasha, Thanks for advice.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">But probably there are any possibility to make “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">two rows of windows” floors? I mean, to
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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""> Pasha Korber-Gonzalez [mailto:pasha.pkconsulting@gmail.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Grammy<br>
<b>Cc:</b> σΑΝΟΜ£ΤΟΧ νΙΘΑΙΜ; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Floor that is situated partly below the grade<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Mikhail,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is not a straight-forward process in eQuest but it can be done. If I were in your shoes however I wouldn't separate these two constructions in eQuest. I would do some pre-processing of my inputs on my own with a pencil & calculator.
My approach would be to calculate the area-weighted average for my U-value of the wall based on the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(U-value underground const * X% of total wall area) + (U-value above-ground const * 1-X% of total wall area) = Model Wall U-value for my simplified input value.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Where you "manipulate" or process your input data outside of eQuest using sound engineering & mathmatically theory you can simplify your input process significantly. The challenge & balance to remember is that we have to be careful not
to over-simplify our input assumptions too much if they may skew our model results in anyway. Just like life, good simulation skills are a balancing act.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, my Father speaks Russian and if you need more detailed assistance with your energy modeling & eQuest skills I could have him translate for me from English to Russian if this would help you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2010/10/21 Grammy <<a href="mailto:grammy.hkust@gmail.com">grammy.hkust@gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Read DOE2.2 Volume, you can build that wall separately, some underground - you can see it in eQuest 3D view, in green color, and some part is upground. Just cut the
wall and input the accurate coordinate in detail mode.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2010/10/21 σΑΝΟΜ£ΤΟΧ νΙΘΑΙΜ <<a href="mailto:samoletov.mikhail@bt-comfort.ru" target="_blank">samoletov.mikhail@bt-comfort.ru</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">I am modeling a two-storied building. It has one floor that is situated partly below the grade. Upper part of this floor lying above
the grade and contains few windows. I have not found how to model this in eQUEST. I have tried to make 2 floors
<a name="12bce09576dbfecd_12bcd982adf4306c_OLE_LI">instead </a>of the lower floor: one is below and other is above the earth surface, but then they have a ceiling between them! It is wrong, I think! I do not need this additional ceiling in the model.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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