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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 there<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'>Has anyone worked out to apply the metric unit to equest?<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'>Thanks<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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jean-Luc Godillon</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> | </span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'> Schneider Electric </span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> | Buildings Business</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> | </span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>AUSTRALIA</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> | </span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Manager Project Development and Engineering</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <br></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Phone:</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> +61 3 8807 4600 | </span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fax:</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> +61 3 8807 4601 | </span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mobile:</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> +61 (0)403 458 746<br></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Email:</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <a href="mailto:jean-luc.godillon@schneider-electric.com"><span style='color:blue'>jean-luc.godillon@schneider-electric.com</span></a> | </span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Site:</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.schneider-electric.com/buildings" target="_blank" title="blocked::http://www.schneider-electric.com/buildings"><span style='color:blue'> www.schneider-electric.com/buildings</span></a> | </span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Address:</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> Level 2, 40 Albert Road, South Melbourne, VIC, 3205 <br><br>This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. 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If you have received this transmission in error, please delete it immediately and notify me by mailing me.<br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#009900'>*** Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>_____________________________________________________________________________________</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","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 0cm 0cm 0cm'><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>Bobby Sy<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 31 May 2012 12:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] building shade effect<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello everyone!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am working on a project, a high rise office building. The architect added louvers as part of the design which I admire for sophistication. Attached is a picture that shows the louvers outside for shading. But, when I did the initial run, the effect of the louvers is only around 1% energy improvement from the baseline.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Please let me know if there is a better way to do it in eQuest. What I did was to measure the louver thickness and proportioned it to the glass area that it covers. I put the fraction as "Transmittance:" in Building and Fixed Shades properties. Doe 2 help says: <o:p></o:p></p><h5><span style='color:#666600'>TRANSMITTANCE</span><o:p></o:p></h5><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='color:#666600'>Fraction of incident solar radiation that is transmitted by the shading surface. The default value is 0.0, which means the surface is opaque. A value greater than 0.0 represents a device that passes some solar radiation, such as a tree, lattice, or fabric. Using SHADE-SCHEDULE allows seasonal variation in transmittance. Daylighting calculation assumes TRANSMITTANCE = 0.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The design team quite find it hard to believe that the louvers have very minimal effect. I told them to consider the window to wall ratio (almost 60%) and that fact that they will be using a clear glass, even with these louvers partial UV rays still pass through the gaps that spreads allover the glass surface that adds to the heat load for air conditioning. Ive noticed to some of my other projects in tropical countries, building shades don't have much effect to energy efficiency. Did anyone encounter the same result with building shades? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bob<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>______________________________________________________________________<br>This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service.<br>______________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>