I'm in need of placing a day light sensor to sense day light coming
from the skylights and control light level of the ground floor
accordingly. even though i make the first floor open to below the
sensor doesn't seem to take skylights in to account. is there anyway to
sense the light coming from skylights to control the lighting level
with a sensor that is placed in the floor below?<br>
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Thanx & Best Regards,<br>
Udana.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Nick Caton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ncaton@smithboucher.com">ncaton@smithboucher.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Before I was aware of ‘open to below’ and similar
options in the wizards (oh, the perils of being self-taught!), I came up with a
practice of creating multi-story spaces by making separate zones for each level
from the wizard, then in detailed mode deleting all but the lowest, then
modifying the remaining space/zone to get the correct height/volume.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Some further tips:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Once done with the geometry edits, review that space’s internal
loads – you may want to revise depending on your situation. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">You might consider for very tall spaces whether there is an “unconditioned”
layer from an HVAC perspective that you might want to define as a separate,
unconditioned space (think plenum). </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">You can optionally pursue extra steps to tie the bounding
surfaces of adjacent spaces to the multi-story space if you deem it necessary
for accuracy. If you anticipate you’ll want to do this, pay attention
before deleting the individual multi-story spaces so that you don’t
accidentally remove some surfaces you’d like to have associated from the
adjacent spaces… this is a case where thinking ahead a few steps can save
you a headache later.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">~Nick</span></p>
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</div><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Define a zone as open to below</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm modeling a two storied building with a mezzanine area in
the first floor and i need to define the rest of the first floor area apart
from the mezzanine as open to below. is it possible to define a particular zone
as open to below in the detailed mode? if so how?<br>
Thank you in advance. <br clear="all">
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-- <br>
Udana</p>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Udana<br>