<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> sharma charu <charu_0011@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org" <equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, April 15, 2012 1:14 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Urgent request<br> </font> </div> <br>
<meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><div id="yiv767957248"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: times, serif; ">Dear Sir,</span><br></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; "><div id="yiv767957248"><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">I started working on <span style="font-weight:bold;">E-quest</span> for my thesis model in an attempt to simulate the effects of a green roof with different soil thickness and vegetation for Mumbai region (India) for my thesis. And I have a few queries regarding it:</span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span class="yiv767957248Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span><span
style="font-weight:bold;">1.</span> I wish to create a very simple 4 storied rectangular model
building as a comparative model (file has been attached- MODULE1) but on running the <span class="yiv767957248Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>perform compliance analysis, it <span class="yiv767957248Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>gives an error</div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span class="yiv767957248Apple-tab-span" style="font-size:10pt;white-space:pre;"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"> '' </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Table look-up failed: A901-07_Envelope(1, 4) evaluating rule: Look up and default C-FACTOR for slabs.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;">'' Also, when i go on Project and <span class="yiv767957248Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>site> site data properties, it </span>doesn't<span style="font-size:10pt;"> accept the latitude and longitude and gives the same as an error.</span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span
style="font-size:10pt;"><span class="yiv767957248Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>Also please guide me the action report from where I can get the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Annual energy consumption</span>( Since there is no electric utility and gas utility file rates <span class="yiv767957248Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>available here, can we get it in terms of unit, which can be multiplied with the rate and rate analysis can be found); <span style="font-weight:bold;">space load component</span>( total building <span class="yiv767957248Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>load); <span style="font-weight:bold;">peak load component</span>(total building load); <span style="font-weight:bold;">sensible cooling load & roof thermal transfer value </span>(RTTV )</span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br></span></div><div
style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span class="yiv767957248Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold;">2</span>. Secondly, please guide me on how can one <span style="font-weight:bold;">add up layers </span>to just the top of this building of varying soil thickness and green cover ( I have the data on their <span class="yiv767957248Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>R-values and thickness) and simulate the same without having errors.</span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span class="yiv767957248Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold;">3.</span> Is there a way by which the <span style="font-weight:bold;">outside ambient
temperature</span> of the building with green roof ( & its micro-climatic features) can be found?I basically need <span class="yiv767957248Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;">
</span>the temperature variation in the top 3 meters of the building.</span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">It will be really helpful for me if you could take out some time from your busy schedule and guide me for the above mentioned queries. <br></span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Waiting for your reply in anticipation, </span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Thanking you</span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Regards,</span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span class="yiv767957248Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold;">Charu Sharma</span></span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span class="yiv767957248Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>X Semester, B.Arch</span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span class="yiv767957248Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>National Institute of Technology</span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span class="yiv767957248Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>India</span></div><br class="yiv767957248Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></div></div></div><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="on"><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>