<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Thanks for the response Nathan.<br></div>There will be some spandrel glass, but I'm not sure how much.<br></div>But basically the spandrel portion would be considered a wall in the baseline.<br></div>Only the transparent window assemblies would be considered in the WWR. Is that correct?<br><br></div>Thank you,<br></div>Mike <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Nathan Miller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nathanm@rushingco.com" target="_blank">nathanm@rushingco.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Would there really be no opaque portions (aka spandrel) of the curtain wall? At the very least I’d expect you’d have about a 1’ high slab-edge-bypass opaque section.
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Campbell via Equest-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 28, 2016 11:51 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Curtain wall system - how to model baseline?<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a potential project in which the client is proposing a curtain wall system.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The model will be based on ASHRAE 90.1-2013 Appendix G.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I believe the appropriate way to model this would be to have a WWR of 100% (or near 100%) in the proposed case. For the baseline case, the window area would have to be reduced to get the WWR down to 40%.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Is this the correct way or is there different guidance for modeling curtain wall systems?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<u></u><u></u></p>
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