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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-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you are in the detailed edit mode and double-click on an exterior wall or roof and the second properties tab (Daylighting – Shading – Other) will show you if that surface is a shading surface or not. You can alternatively review all of your external constructions in the spreadsheet view (also in detailed edit mode). It is the last column in the spreadsheet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Coming from the wizard, you can go into detailed edit mode and check to see how the construction in being handled then return to the wizard without losing anything as long as no changes are made in the detailed edit mode. If you right click in the field and then choose Item Help, you can read about how eQuest handles this input variable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=462 height=558 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01CBAB5D.30C3AEF0"></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>John T. Forester, P.E., LEED AP, Mechanical Design Engineer </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000A0'>I BVH Integrated Services I</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>617.658.9008 tel </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000A0'>I</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>617.244.3753 fax</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000A0'> </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000A0'>I</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>One Gateway Center Suite 506, Newton MA 02458 </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000A0'>I <a href="http://www.bvhis.com">www.bvhis.com</a> I Hartford ● New Haven ● Boston</span></b><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:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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>Rob Hudson<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 03, 2011 3:34 PM<br><b>To:</b> Jonathan Bowser<br><b>Cc:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Building Shades<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>that is my assumption as well. i haven't truly modeled two separate buildings before for a project, but i did try a litmus test model once.<br>what i did was created two shells one north of the other and looked at the output reports for solar loads on the southern faces. the northern one did have a smaller load on the southern face, which leads me to believe that this part of eQuest works just fine. if anyone has an actual project that they can speak of then that would be a better answer, but for now this is what i got,<br><br>Rob<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Jonathan Bowser <<a href="mailto:JonathanBowser@beck-technology.com">JonathanBowser@beck-technology.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Thanks for the quick response, Rob. For my own sanity, could I have something else clarified as well?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>I’ve always been under the assumption that if I model multiple shells in the wizard, the shading effects of the shells are taken into account when performing the analysis. Is this actually the case?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Note: I understand this isn’t the same thing as creating a building shade in the detailed edit mode since I’m actually introducing more components into the analysis.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>-- Jon</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:black'>Jonathan Bowser</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Senior Software Engineer</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Beck Technology </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>1807 Ross Avenue, Suite 500</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Dallas, TX 75201 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>(214) 303-6815</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.beck-technology.com/" target="_blank">www.beck-technology.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:silver'>Innovation in All Dimensions</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:green'>Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail </span><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='color:blue'> </span></b><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:black'>This e-mail may be privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete from all computers.</span><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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"'> Rob Hudson [mailto:<a href="mailto:rdh4176@gmail.com" target="_blank">rdh4176@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 03, 2011 2:24 PM<br><b>To:</b> Jonathan Bowser<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Building Shades</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>You cannot do this through the wizards, it must be done in the detailed edit mode after the wizard has been completed. shades are easy to inpliment as long as you have the information (size and orientation) of the surrounding buildings readily available.<br><br>hope this helps!<br><br>Rob<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Jonathan Bowser <<a href="mailto:JonathanBowser@beck-technology.com" target="_blank">JonathanBowser@beck-technology.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>After searching through the archive, I’ve learned I can create Building Shades in the detailed mode in eQUEST. Is it possible to do something similar through one of the wizards?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Essentially I’d like a quick, easy way of modeling surrounding buildings so that their shading effects are taken into account.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-- Jon</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:black'>Jonathan Bowser</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Senior Software Engineer</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Beck Technology </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>1807 Ross Avenue, Suite 500</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Dallas, TX 75201 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>(214) 303-6815</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.beck-technology.com/" target="_blank">www.beck-technology.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:silver'>Innovation in All Dimensions</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:green'>Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='color:blue'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:black'>This e-mail may be privileged and confidential. 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