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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Both reflectance and emittance are included in the SRI. If you don’t have these values, but have the SRI, one way to back them out is by using this calculator:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://coolcolors.lbl.gov/assets/docs/SRI%20Calculator/SRI-calc10.xls">http://coolcolors.lbl.gov/assets/docs/SRI%20Calculator/SRI-calc10.xls</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Absorptance (= 1 – reflectance) is entered for the Construction, while emittance/emissivity is a property of the exterior Surface.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Bill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>Michael Hsueh<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 17, 2012 3:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> tim<br>
<b>Cc:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] SRI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Tim,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Someone else can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that you can input 1 minus your SRI to get the solar radiation absorptance of your construction. This is an input in the "Construction" heirarchy of detailed mode -- I believe eQuest
lists it as "Ext. Color (absorpt.)".<br clear="all">
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 12:33 PM, tim <<a href="mailto:tim.jrga@fuse.net" target="_blank">tim.jrga@fuse.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Is there a place to enter the solar reflectance index (SRI) for the roof material?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I have looked in detailed mode in the materials properties, but no luck.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Maybe it is called something different in equest?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Timothy W. Hill<o:p></o:p></p>
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