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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><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><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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></div></div><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><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><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"'> 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></div><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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Joe Fleming<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>E.I., LEED AP BD+C, BEMP<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Mechanical Engineer I<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#006363'>TLC Engineering for Architecture<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#006363'>Your 2030 Challenge Partner</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#006363'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>800 Fairway Drive, Suite 250<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Deerfield Beach, FL 33441-1816<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>phone: </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>954-418-9096<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>fax: </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>954-418-9296<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>direct: </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>954-418-4591<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333'>website: </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.tlc-engineers.com">www.tlc-engineers.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.tlc-engineers.com/"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=700 height=49 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.gif@01CB95FF.B9AAD1D0" alt="http://www.tlc-engineers.com/images/TLC_Sig_Loc_Block.gif"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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"'> 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></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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><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 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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Thanks again – any other thoughts on this are much appreciated.<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'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Alex Krickx<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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#262F13'>Alex Krickx<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>Building Energy Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=121 height=42 id="Picture_x005f_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CB95FF.B9AAD1D0" alt="email_sig"></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>1250 Elko Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94089<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(t) 408.541.8124<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#1F497D'>Warning:</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#1F497D'> The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged attorney-client communications or attorney work product and/or proprietary and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient then you have received it in error and any review, distribution or copying of this message is prohibited and you are to notify us immediately by reply e-mail and delete the original message immediately.</span></i><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'><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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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 7:20 AM<br><b>To:</b> John Aulbach; Alex Krickx; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] Ground/Water reflectance<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Bill<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium Cond","sans-serif";color:black'>William Bishop, PE, BEMP, LEED<sup>®</sup> AP </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium Cond","sans-serif";color:#006600'>|</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium Cond","sans-serif";color:black'> Pathfinder Engineers & Architects LLP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Mechanical Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:5.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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Any harbor will have boats, wind effects, and an occasional sea monster disturbing the "glass" water.<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Only in paintings ???<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>John R. 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Grand Avenue, El Segundo, CA 90245</span><br><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>W: 888-826-1216, X254| D: 310-765-7295 | F: 310-817-2745<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ptrenergy.com/"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>www.ptrenergy.com</span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <a href="mailto:%7C%20jaulbach@ptrenergy.com">| jaulbach@ptrenergy.com</a></span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><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"'> Alex Krickx <akrickx@seriousmaterials.com><br><b>To:</b> "equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org" <equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org><br><b>Sent:</b> Mon, December 6, 2010 5:11:24 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Ground/Water reflectance</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><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><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><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><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Alex Krickx<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#262F13'>Alex Krickx</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>Building Energy Specialist</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=121 height=42 id="Picture_x005f_x005f_x005f_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CB95FF.B9AAD1D0" alt="email_sig"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>1250 Elko Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94089</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>(t) 408.541.8124</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Warning:</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt'> The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged attorney-client communications or attorney work product and/or proprietary and confidential. 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