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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Happy Friday, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have an energy model of a community center constructed in
EQUEST. The community center has an ice rink incorporated into it which contains
a low-e ceiling as<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>well as full heat recovery. We were playing around with some
combinations of having a low-e ceiling in our model and as it turns out, there
is not much savings<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>between having a low-e ceiling and not having one (about
$1,000 a year in savings with the low-e) in our model. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Has anyone else played around with this and noticed it as
well? We are suspecting that you cannot gain much savings through the use of low-e
when full heat <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>recovery is present. Can anyone confirm this or give any
comments? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><b><font
size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'> Justin Elkin, </span></font></b><i><font size=2 color=gray
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:gray;
font-style:italic'>LEED® Green Associate</span></font></i><b><font size=1
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:gray;
font-style:italic'> Mechanical Engineer-In-Training<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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t: (902) 422-7393</span></font><font size=1 color=gray face=Verdana><span
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e:</span></font><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
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