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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hey
Alex,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I
hate to muddy the waters further, but I’m pretty sure the visible light
spectrum (a small band of the sun’s energy) does not behave identically to
the rest of the electromagnetic spectrum regarding how much energy is reflected
for a given incidence angle on water… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>To
voice my concern another way: sunlight bounced from a lake in the
morning/evening may well effectively double the amount of visible light energy incident
on a building façade for a certain hour, but this would likely not result in a
corresponding doubled thermal solar load – energy at frequencies
above/below the visible light spectrum may be more prone to simply dive into the
lake…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I
understand the term ‘albedo’ in the context of collected weather
data / energy modeling generally refers to the full spectrum of the sun’s
energy (light inclusive), and you might trip yourself up by assuming terrestrial
surface albedo is the same thing as surface reflectivity, for light. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(good
catch-up reading with examples: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Water
bodies do have a really low albedo – not because they do not reflect
light, but mostly because they suck up the rest of the electromagnetic spectrum
really well. If on the other hand your lake freezes and is covered with snow
during the winter, I’d expect the sun’s full spectrum of energy to
bounce much more effectively to your cozy lakehouse =). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PS:
I am no astro-physicist, nor am I a meteorologist… I’m only
throwing out some cautions/thoughts from what I’ve picked up here and
there on the topic…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><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
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[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alex
Krickx<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 07, 2010 1:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bishop, Bill; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Ground/Water reflectance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>So
changing it to 0.05 to try to account for the reflectance of the water, would
actually <i>decrease </i>the reflected solar heat… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hmmm.
I’ll play with some different values in eQUEST and see how much ground
reflectance impacts consumption, and keep in mind the 0.05 value.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks
for everyone’s quick and thoughtful responses. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Alex<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><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"'> Bishop, Bill
[mailto:wbishop@pathfinder-ea.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 07, 2010 11:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Alex Krickx; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] Ground/Water reflectance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Alex,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>The default ground
reflectance is 0.20. You have to enter a different value for it to appear in the
inp file.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Bill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Fleming, Joe
[mailto:joe.fleming@tlc-eng.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 07, 2010 2:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Alex Krickx; Bishop, Bill; John Aulbach; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] Ground/Water reflectance</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The
albedo of an ocean should probably equal that of a lake on an average basis
throughout the day (not a peak hourly basis). The radiation reflected by
water is very low when the incident wave is perpendicular to the surface of the
water, and it approaches 100% as the angle of incidence approaches 90 degrees
(morning and evening). As the waves move through the water the incident
angle of each zone of water will vary from 0-90 degrees on a constant basis and
the reflectance should roughly average out to equal that of a still body of
water. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For
a lake, in the late afternoon, the reflectance will increase from 0.05 to 0.1
or 0.2. Later in the evening it will reach closer to 0.8 or 0.9,
but at this time the radiation intensity from the sun drops off significantly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>To
model the lake on one side is a challenge, your peak loads may not change but
your annual consumption may. If eQuest uses the gnd reflectance
values as a multiplier of solar radiation, it may be worth running a few
iterations with different values of gnd reflectance to see the results.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Alex Krickx<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 07, 2010 1:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bishop, Bill; John Aulbach; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Ground/Water reflectance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks
Bill and John for your responses. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I
guess I would expect that the ocean would be a bit more “turbid”
(seems appropriate) – but what about for buildings facing a lake or
harbor where the water is calmer? Perhaps the additional reflected solar gain
is negligible, but my gut tells me that is not the case. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This
project is a retrofit and they talked of having intense heat along the facades
facing the water. Perhaps it’s more due to the tinted single-pane glass
that gets hot (?) but my initial thought was the water is the culprit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Is
it possible to create a 2d shape in the ground plane south of the building, and
apply the reflectance to that, or do I need to apply it to the whole ground?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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looked through a previous project and didn’t see the term
“GND-REFLECTANCE” anywhere in the inp or pd2 files. Is the default
to have a ground-reflectance of 0? If so, I guess I’ll run one case with
0, and one with 0.05… although I doubt there will be much difference
between the two.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Exterior surfaces
have a “Ground reflectance” property – GND-REFLECTANCE,
accessible through the Daylighting – Shading – Other tab of the
exterior surface. Reading the DOE-2 Help description, the reflectance value for
“ocean” is 0.05, implying that most solar radiation is absorbed,
not reflected. I’m guessing that the visual glare we perceive does not
increase the solar load as much as we would think. Sea monsters do not seem to
have been considered by the DOE-2 team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 06, 2010 8:35 PM<br>
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<p>I wonder if the turbidity (word ??) of the water will actually not make a
difference. Any harbor will have boats, wind effects, and an occasional sea
monster disturbing the "glass" water.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Only in paintings ???<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>To:</b> "equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org"
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<b>Sent:</b> Mon, December 6, 2010 5:11:24 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Ground/Water reflectance</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I’ve got a building that is located at the edge of a
harbor with the water directly to the south of it. How do I model a reflective
surface on the ground that represents the harbor? I feel this is key to
include, as this reflectivity will send additional heat through the windows. I
looked through the archives but didn’t see anything related to ground
reflectivity.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>If anyone knows how to create reflective objects and/or an
appropriate value of reflectivity for water in eQUEST, that would be most
helpful.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Alex Krickx<o:p></o:p></p>
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