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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 look at Table A6.3, you’ll see that an F-factor of 0.73 corresponds to an unheated slab with no insulation. So maybe you don’t have to change anything?<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'>Isn’t the idea for the C-factor that you use Tables A3.1B and C to determine the corresponding U-value based on the construction and C-factor requirements? <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'>I could be doing this all wrong, but that’s what I usually do. <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><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'>GHT Limited<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><ns0:PersonName><span style='color:black'>James Hansen</span></ns0:PersonName></span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>, PE, LEED AP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Senior Associate</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><ns0:Street><ns0:address><span style='color:black'>1010 N. 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I am having issues with actually changing the properties of the materials to reflect this. All of my underground walls wont allow me to input any values.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Arpan Bakshi <<a href="mailto:arpanbakshi@gmail.com">arpanbakshi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Justin, did you check 90.1 Appendix A?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Justin Chin <<a href="mailto:jchin.bu@gmail.com">jchin.bu@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hello all,<br><br> I received USGBC comments for my model asking to input C-Factor values and F-Factor values for my underground walls and slab on grade floors. However, when I went back to my model to adjust the properties of the underground walls and the floors, I cannot change those fields. Any suggestions?<br><br>Thanks<br><span style='color:#888888'>Justin</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>Equest-users mailing list<br><a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org">http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org</a><br>To unsubscribe from this mailing list send a blank message to <a href="mailto:EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG">EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888'>Arpan Bakshi/YRG </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888'>646 704 2880</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>