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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Classification: UNCLASSIFIED</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Caveats: NONE</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I am working on modeling a small office building but have run into some issues tha</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t I need help with.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The building is a single story building</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> of about 3700 sqft floor area</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">with a pitched roof with the ridge running the length of the building.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> Most of the building has a ceiling with attic area below the roof. The insulation is at the roof level. There is one room a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t the corner of the building that has a vaulted ceiling</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> and the roof over this portion of the building has a different slope than the rest of the roof.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> The sloping roof sections meet at the common ridge</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> How would I go about modeling this?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The building also has</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">vestibules that extend outside of the general floor area. There is one vestibule on the east side of the building and one attached</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">to that room with the vaulted ceiling</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> mentioned above</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> on the north side of the building.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> How would I go about modeling this?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The plan is to use the attic s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">pace as the return air plenum for the HVAC system. In order</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">to do this it appears that the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">floor to floor height</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> must exceed the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">floor to ceiling height</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> by at least a foot. In this building, the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">ceiling serves as the floor of the plenum and attic space, so there is not the 1 foot distance available to bring in the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">attic plenum option.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> How would I go about modeling this?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">There is brick facing around the exterior of the building</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">that extends up about 3 feet from grade</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. How would this be modeled</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> as opposed to the rest of the wall above t</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">he facing</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Attached are</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">some drawings</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> of the building.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Thank you for your help with this.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Kevin</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Classification: UNCLASSIFIED</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Caveats: NONE</FONT></SPAN></P>
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