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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Otto – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Re: baseline strategy – what you describe used to be our strategy as well (selecting the window that was closest from the library).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>However, on LEED projects, a number of reviewers took issue with that approach, and requested that our models match the u-val and SHGC of the standard exactly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>We often define baseline windows using the simplified method to match the standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>One of the caveats with the “close as possible” library approach is that ASHRAE hasn’t released specific spectral / angular performance curves for the baseline glass …<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:gray'>Aaron Dahlstrom , PE, LEED® AP</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"AvantGarde Bk BT","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>In 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that was very similar to the results that I got from Window6. <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'>What are others doing for creating their windows in eQUEST? Are you selecting the window from the library that is the most similar to the window that you are using? Are you importing the glass from Window6 or are you creating the window in eQUEST?<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'>What are you using for the ASHRAE 90.1 baseline window? I typically select the window from the library that is the closest to the baseline window values.<o:p></o:p></span></p><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";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Bruce Easterbrook [mailto:bruce5@bellnet.ca] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:28 AM<br><b>To:</b> Otto Schwieterman<br><b>Cc:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Window6 eQUEST Results<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>eQuest treats the glass and the frame as separate items. They are totally different thermodynamically. There is much more to window glass than just insulation value. I normally create windows and frames inside eQuest. You could then just check with window6 to confirm your overall value. I don't believe many people are having success importing window data from other programs.<br>Bruce Easterbrook P.Eng.<br>Abode Engineering<br></span><br>On 28/04/2011 09:23 AM, Otto Schwieterman wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I created a window using Window6 and the results appear to be correct but when I import it into eQUEST the frame does not appear to import. 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