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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'>Definitely an option.<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'>Actually, you have two options with some nuance: BUILDING-SHADE & FIXED-SHADE. The former will move/rotate with the building if you adjust top-level X/Y/Azimuth inputs. The latter will not (i.e. a large tree/cliff face/neighboring buildings “fixed to the site” that should not move about).<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'>Both are accessed in eQuest via right-clicking the top-level “Project” item in the component tree, while under the Building Shell tab. If you have the 3D view up first, it’s easier to visualize what your shade looks like as you adjust geometric inputs. You can optionally assign a fractional schedule to a shade component (which could for example account for a tree dropping its leaves in the winter).<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'>Hope that helps you get started!<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'>~Nick<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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3A7A46'>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3A7A46'>Nick Caton, P.E.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#3A7A46'><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=706 style='width:7.35in;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td width=240 valign=top style='width:2.5in;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#626469'> Senior Energy Engineer</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:#626469'> Energy and Sustainability 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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=232 valign=top style='width:174.3pt;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=216 height=45 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.png@01D18358.CA76D080"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:4.0pt'><td width=706 colspan=3 valign=top style='width:7.35in;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:4.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3A7A46'>*Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#3A7A46'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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 [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>José Luis Bermúdez Alcocer<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 20, 2016 9:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> Equest-users<br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Surfaces of buildings as building shades<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458525076095_5945"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>To whom it may concern:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458525076095_6018"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458525076095_5972"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>I remember that a couple of years ago DOE-2.1.e had an option to add surfaces to simulate building shades (or even trees). Is there any information to replicate this in eQuest 3.65? Any suggestion will be highly appreciated!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458525076095_6251"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458525076095_6219"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458525076095_6217"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458525076095_6258"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=ES-MX style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>José Luis Bermúdez Alcocer, Ph.D., M.Arch., B.Arch.</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></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>