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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>One of the standard shapes in eQUEST DD wizard is a rectangular building with a courtyard. If you select this, eQUEST creates a “C” shape building with the ends of the C very close together and (ideally) set as adiabatic.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=770 height=574 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.png@01D0C3B8.E4D92820"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>You can do something similar with your shell(s). Trace the outside of the footprint, then cross over at some logical point, trace the interior courtyard, then go back to the outside and finish the footprint. Be careful to put the adjacent vertices close together but not one atop the other or such that the footprint crosses itself. In the wizard screen 2, you can right click on a wall segment and set it to be adiabatic. You will want to do this for the walls that are within the footprint.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Equest-users [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ng, Jason<br><b>Sent:</b> July-20-15 4:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Interior courtyards<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='color:black'>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I have a particular building geometry that I am unsure of how to simulate. I know that you cannot simulate an exterior space that is completely surrounded by interior zones. In the past when I have come across an interior courtyard type of geometry I was able to conveniently split my shell in two parts with minimal effort with the split occurring along the edges of the interior courtyard. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>This time, however, my interior courtyard (which is actually more like a large light well than an interior courtyard) is relatively small compared to my building, but not small enough to ignore, and spans across three floors, including the interior parking garage in the basement. Before taking the time to split my shells like I did in the past, I was wondering if anyone has a more clever way of approaching this particular geometry?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>One option I thought of was to separate the spaces surrounding the courtyard on each floor into their own zones and simply adding appropriately sized external walls and fenestration to these zones in detailed mode, while simulating the courtyard itself as non-conditioned. Could it really be so simple?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The attached image is of the second floor of the building. The courtyard is in the red circle. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=100 style='width:75.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><img width=85 height=85 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0C3B8.8D6946B0"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#3F3F3F'>Jason</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#3F3F3F'>Ng</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7D7D7D'>_ing. jr. M.Sc.A., LEED green associate</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A5A5A5'><a href="mailto:jng@bpa.ca" title="Envoyer un courriel/Send email"><span style='color:#A5A5A5'>jng@bpa.ca</span></a> | <a href="http://www.bpa.ca" target="_blank" title=www.bpa.ca><span style='color:#A5A5A5'>www.bpa.ca</span></a> | t: 5143833747x2813<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF'>Les informations contenues dans le courriel que vous venez de recevoir, y compris les pièces jointes, sont destinées à l’usage exclusif de la (ou des) personne(s) identifiée(s) comme destinataires et sont confidentielles. Si vous n’en êtes pas le destinataire, soyez avisé que tout usage en est interdit. 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