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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Tyrone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you haven’t yet, I would search through the archives – this topic sounds familiar. If I recall, I believe one suggestion was to area-weight the different opaque façade surfaces (60% at R-10 and 40% at R-15 would be averaged at R-12).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Deepika’s suggestion can also simplify your model by having one large window. The only caution I would add is to ensure that the total frame area you model in 1 large window matches the area of the 3 actual windows.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Alex Krickx<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#262F13'>Alex Krickx, LEED AP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>Building Energy Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Serious Energy, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>1250 Elko Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94089<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>(t) 408.541.8124<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>akrickx@seriousenergy.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments may be confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient then you have received it in error and any review, distribution or copying of this message and any attachments is prohibited and you are to notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete immediately this message and any attachments.</span></i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>deepika khowal<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 09, 2012 10:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> Ty Law<br><b>Cc:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Curtain wall / Spandrel glass<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>you can club the spandrel area, glass area and panel area under each zone and create one big rectangle (total area of each type) .<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>equest generally assumes the effect of total area of glass.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>eg. if you have 3 vision glass areas of 10'x5' each, you can create just one big window 30'x5' if they are in same zone.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Deepika<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 7:57 PM, Ty Law <<a href="mailto:ty.law1980@gmail.com">ty.law1980@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p>Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>I have a high-rise office building project that has curtain wall design that looks like the image below. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>The aluminum composite panel (ACP) and spandrel glass has different thermal properties. I can only set one thermal property in a continuous external wall.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>How will I reflect the spandrel glass in the model? <o:p></o:p></p></div><p> <o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=835 style='width:626.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:37.5pt;min-height:37.5pt'><td width=31 rowspan=9 style='width:23.0pt;background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:37.5pt;min-height:153pt'><p class=MsoNormal><em>aluminum composite panel (ACP)</em><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=164 colspan=2 rowspan=2 style='width:123.0pt;background:#00B050;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:37.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><em>spandrel glass</em><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=31 rowspan=9 style='width:23.0pt;background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:37.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><em>aluminum composite panel (ACP)</em><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=159 rowspan=2 style='width:119.0pt;background:#00B050;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:37.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><em>spandrel glass</em><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=32 style='width:24.0pt;background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:37.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><em> </em><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=32 rowspan=9 style='width:24.0pt;background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:37.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><em>aluminum composite panel (ACP)</em><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=133 rowspan=2 style='width:100.0pt;background:#00B050;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:37.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><em> spandrel glass</em><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=31 rowspan=9 style='width:23.0pt;background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:37.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><em>aluminum composite panel (ACP)</em><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=159 rowspan=2 style='width:119.0pt;background:#00B050;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:37.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><em>spandrel glass</em><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=32 style='width:24.0pt;background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:37.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><em> </em><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=32 rowspan=9 style='width:24.0pt;background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:37.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><em>aluminum composite panel (ACP)</em><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt;min-height:12.75pt'><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt;min-height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt;min-height:12.75pt'><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt;min-height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td rowspan=7 style='background:#92CDDC;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><em>vision glass</em><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td rowspan=7 style='background:#92CDDC;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><em>vision glass</em><o:p></o:p></p></td><td rowspan=7 style='background:#92CDDC;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><em>vision glass</em><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td rowspan=7 style='background:#92CDDC;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><em>vision glass</em><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt;min-height:12.75pt'><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt;min-height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt;min-height:12.75pt'><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt;min-height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt;min-height:12.75pt'><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt;min-height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt;min-height:12.75pt'><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt;min-height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt;min-height:12.75pt'><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt;min-height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:26.25pt;min-height:26.25pt'><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:26.25pt;min-height:26.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:26.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='background:gray;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:26.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p>Your thoughts and suggestions are appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Tyrone<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal 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