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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Sometimes narratively describing the real-world of energy
modeling seems too much effort… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>In the past I’ve resorted to just <s>fluffing</s> “refining”
the appropriate space/surface figures to make the totals match exactly wherever
they’re being scrutinized – usually they’re darn close, but the energy model is
well under way before the Architect gets around to the “final” area inputs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Maybe in the future I’ll try to set my reviewers straight on
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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>Syed,
Fareed<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 14, 2011 12:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Wolfe, Brian; Rob Hudson; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Building Areas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>I had come across the same situation once. From the next submission
I started mentioning the reason for the variance between the areas in the
credit narrative and went smooth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>The reviewer has to give some comment on the submission. I think
they give this as their favourite template comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Wolfe,
Brian<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 14, 2011 11:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Rob Hudson; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Building Areas</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>We’ve run into that situation, but not to the extent the
credit was denied. It was usually in the reviewers comments about the
differences. The issue is usually solved in a narrative describing why
the differences in the stated square footage. For some reason that is
something they always seem to comment on during the review process. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> 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, February 14, 2011 10:48 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Building Areas<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Has anyone come into issues with Reviewers rejecting a model
because of the area of the spaces in the eQuest model are not what the areas
that the Architect places on the design documents, due to the fact that the
modeler traces the space without accounting for wall thickness? Can this
be avoided by explaining gross square footage versus net square footage?<br
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Rob Hudson<o:p></o:p></p>
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