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</p><pre><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">Hello All,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">I'm making a school project for which I need to perform a LEED Compliance analysis V3.0.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">I modelled a part of the Proposed building (including fenestration locations exactly as in architectural drawings) and let the compliance analysis run in order to obtain the LEED baseline building.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">This last one has the same windows location of the proposed building, so I'm wondering why they didn't change... they don't have to be distributed uniformly in horizontal bands across 4 orientations?! <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">Here is an extract from the standard:<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">ASHRAE 90.1.2004 ___ appendix G ___ table G3.1<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">c. Vertical Fenestration<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">Vertical fenestration areas for new buildings and additions shall equal that in the proposed design or 40% of gross above grade wall area, whichever is smaller, and shall be distributed on each face of the building in the same proportions in the proposed design.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><p align="left"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></p><pre><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">Thanks in advance<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">Michele P.<o:p></o:p></span></pre> </div></body>
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