<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div><div style="font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Dear Sir,</span><br></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; "><div id="yiv1024261854"><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="yiv1024261854Apple-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="yiv1024261854Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>perform compliance analysis, it <span class="yiv1024261854Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>gives an error</div><div style="font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1024261854Apple-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="yiv1024261854Apple-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="yiv1024261854Apple-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="yiv1024261854Apple-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="yiv1024261854Apple-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="yiv1024261854Apple-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="yiv1024261854Apple-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="yiv1024261854Apple-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="yiv1024261854Apple-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="yiv1024261854Apple-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="yiv1024261854Apple-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="yiv1024261854Apple-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="yiv1024261854Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>India</span></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></div></body></html>