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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks, that removed the error. We may
try to add the interior underground areas to perimeter zones but as you say, it
will probably have little effect.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><strong><b><font size=3
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
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color:windowtext'> Brian Fountain [mailto:greensimbf@gmail.com] <br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Equest-users] EE4 -
Maximum number of Underground Floors</span></font><font color=black><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Aaron,<br>
<br>
I would recommend just specifying the underground floors on those spaces
adjacent to the perimeter of the building footprint. In reality, the
underground floor heat loss on internal spaces is pretty small and I would
consider not worth including.<br>
<br>
Brian<br>
<br>
On 5/18/2011 3:32 PM, Aaron Smith wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hi,<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I have a question on the EE4 software which is based
on DOE2.1E. I thought eQUEST may have the same issue. After running
the simulation, an error occurs:<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>UNDERGROUND - FLOOR<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Exceeded maximum for this item of 256. <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I do in fact have more than 256 spaces with
underground floor – the building is a large hospital. Is my only
option to try and reduce my number of spaces with underground floors to
256? <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks,<br>
Aaron<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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