so if I increase the frame area for strip windows to match the frame area for small windows, will the results be same?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Alex Krickx <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:akrickx@seriousmaterials.com">akrickx@seriousmaterials.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Regarding Nick’s clarification,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I would expect that different window sizes have different frame-to-window areas, so getting the correct size of the window is important (A small window would have a greater frame-to-window area than a large window, so assuming identical frames – assuming double pane w/ aluminum frames a small window would have a worse U-factor than a large window).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Cheers,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Alex Krickx</span></p>
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<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">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> <a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nick Caton<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 21, 2011 11:18 AM<br><b>To:</b> deepika khowal; Walson, Kristy</span></p><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><b>Cc:</b> eQuest<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Redefining windows in DD Wizard</div>
</div><p></p></div></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Kristy,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Once you’ve started a custom window layout, I believe there’s no going back to defining fenestrations as a WWR in the wizard mode for a given shell.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">That said, I’d speculate that you might be able to look at a pair of dummy .pd2 files side by side in notepad, see what lines are added/changed within after the custom window layout dialog is engaged, then undo those changes in the target .pd2 file… that might permit using the WWR inputs again. I’d certainly save my work separately before exploring this. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I’d also point out that with a WWR < 40%, you have no compelling need to redefine your fenestration layout for a LEED/90.1 baseline, if that happens to be what you’re up to ;). Much extra discussion in the archives, if interested.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I’d submit a small clarification as well: eQuest does indeed consider window dimensions/locations with respect to various shading surfaces – solar loads and daylighting control calculations are not done purely on WWR. This does become a non-issue however when doing 90.1 baselines, which are not self-shading nor do they have daylighting controls.</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 21, 2011 12:30 PM<br><b>To:</b> Walson, Kristy<br><b>Cc:</b> eQuest<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Redefining windows in DD Wizard</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">
I had gone through the same experience.</p><div><p class="MsoNormal">I couldnt find any location where you can directly change the WWR.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">What i did was:</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
1. based on wall area and WWR calculate the area of window required to achieve that WWR.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">then edit the window areas in the DD wizard which can give you correct results.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
since equest calculates results based on % WWR and not on size of windows this approach works well for me.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">however, if anyone has a better option, I would love to know that.</p></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Regards</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Deepika</p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Walson, Kristy <<a href="mailto:kristy.walson@tlc-eng.com" target="_blank">kristy.walson@tlc-eng.com</a>> wrote:</p>
<div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone know how to redefine windows in a model as a % window-to-wall ratio once I've already create custom window placements in the DD Wizard? I removed the custom windows and defined a percentage in Wizard Screen #6 (shown below), but my 3D viewer isn't showing these new windows. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!</p>
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