Not that this might be your problem, but i once had a model that i couldn't figure out why i had such a different area than what i initially modeled. I ended up finding out that the "dummy" space that my DOAS was feeding OA to was defaulted to be rather large and this caused my Area to inflate. After making this space a box of 0.1 x 0.1, it was able to work much better and get the results i expected to see on these reports.<div>
<br></div><div>Rob<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/6/21 Demba Ndiaye <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Demba.Ndiaye@setty.com">Demba.Ndiaye@setty.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The BEPS/BEPU reports are based on the gross floor area, which, unless directly input in the dialog box “Building Properties” (see enclosed illustration), defaults to the sum of the conditioned spaces.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">So, if you input nothing in said dialog box, playing with your unconditioned spaces might do the trick. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1F497D"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">_________________<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Demba NDIAYE<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><u></u> <u></u></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;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext"> <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>Ömer Moltay<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 21, 2011 7:56 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Bldg Area in BEPS/BEPU<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Seth,<br><br>I realized the same problem due to a review comment from GBCI. I was able to modify the net area values (actually only the MBTU/net area value, as only this is displayed in the reports) by changing the conditioned - unconditioned - plenum status of the spaces (be careful, not the thermal zones, but the spaces). I do not know anything about the MBTU/gross area value, since this is displayed as INF in my case (meaning infinity? meaning I have infinite energy consumption ? :)) <br>
<br>Hope this helps,<br><br>Omer Moltay<br><br><br><br><a href="tel:21.06.2011%2014" value="+12106201114" target="_blank">21.06.2011 14</a>:49, Seth P. Spangler yazmış: <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Hello all,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">I recently completed a project and while going through the QC process I noticed that the building area as reported on the BEPS/BEPU reports does not match up with the model input. I have looked through the various other reports and the building square footage appears to be modeled as designed. I think the culprit might be unconditioned spaces but when I change these spaces to conditioned the problem still persists. Does anyone have any suggestions where to start trouble shooting or which report might tell me where the discrepancy is. The reported area is off by 15% on the BEU/BEPS reports.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Thanks in advance for your help. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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