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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">All,</font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"> I'am modelling a mid-rise, curtain wall, office building in Egypt (hot humid climate 2a). while I do decrease the glazing's U-value, below 0.5, the energy consumption tends to increase. does this issue have a reality related explanation, is it a problem in my file, or is it a software bug issue? </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2">Thanks for consideration,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Omar AlRawi<br>Project Engineer, EA Sustainable Building Consultants<br><a class="parsedLink" href="http://www.ea-buildingconsultants.com/" mce_href="http://www.ea-buildingconsultants.com" target="_blank">www.ea-buildingconsultants.com</a></span></font></div> </div></body>
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