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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='color:#1F497D'>Wizard mode will automatically do both for you, but if you are detailed edit mode here’s how you make a skylight and return air plenum:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Right-click on your space and select “create child component”>”child exterior wall”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Name it something like “skylight roof” and select “create from scratch”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Under “construction” select “library”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Under “starting points” select “Skylt Roof Construction”. Click OK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Under Location select “Top”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>In the wall properties window, overwrite the Z value with the height of your roof. The default that is there is the ceiling height. Click OK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Right-click the new exterior wall you just made and select “create child component”>”child window”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Make your skylight.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>In the internal loads tab, right-click your plenum space. Under “zone type”, select “plenum”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Under the air-side HVAC tab, select your system<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Under “return air path”, select “plenum”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Kelsey Van Tassel</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#000066'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Mechanical Engineer | <a href="mailto:kvantassel@sustaineng.com">kvantassel@sustaineng.com</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#000066'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>608.836.4488 ext. 20 | Fax: 608.836.4477</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#000066'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Sustainable Engineering Group</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#000066'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>901 Deming Way, Suite 201</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Madison, WI 53717<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.sustaineng.com/">www.sustaineng.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#000066'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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>Rimes, Christie<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:59 PM<br><b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Skylight + Plenum<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am modeling a displacement system therefore need a plenum to model the loads that go straight into the return air plenum. However I also have a skylight in this area require that the lighting pass through to the occupied zone. 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