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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Take a look at Table G3.1. The sub sections on Thermal Blocks and HVAC Systems describe how you can combine individual spaces into model zones which will go a long way towards simplifying your model. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Anthony Hardman, </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>PE, BEAP, LEED AP BD+C</span></b><b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Senior Building Performance Analyst<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#00B050'><a href="http://www.greenengineer.com/"><span style='color:#00B050'>The Green Engineer, Inc.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#00B050'>Sustainable Design Consulting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>54 Junction Square Dr.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Concord, MA 01742<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>O: (978) 369-8978<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>D: (978) 610-2801<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>C: (720) 840-7862<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>The Green Engineer, Inc. is a Certified B Corporation<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><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 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"'> Paula A Hernández via Equest-users [mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 12, 2017 5:57 AM<br><b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Project Building with too many spaces<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am working in a very large building, which has many different space usage types.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The HVAC Project consists in a lot of AHUs, constant volume, fan coil units and active chilled beams. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The issue is that there are almost 1500 spaces distributed in the different systems. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am a little disoriented because I started modeling my Project Building with each one of the AHUs without discriminating each space, but this AHUs attend different space usage types, for instance, one of them is for the “Pharmacy”, and it attends circulation, office spaces and storage.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>According to the number of floors, building area and heating source, my Baseline HVAC system will be System 7, Variable air volume with reheat. So I will assign one VAV AHU for each floor. And then, how will I assign each VAV zone?, do I have to model all the 1500 spaces or will it be enough to model a VAV box for each AHU as defined in the Project Building?,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will really appreciate your comments on this,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Paula<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=ES-AR style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:ES-AR'><img border=0 width=192 height=65 id="Imagen_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D26CE8.780B1390" alt="Region XII Horizontal-small"></span><span lang=ES style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:ES'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span lang=ES style='color:#943634;mso-fareast-language:ES'>Ingeniera Paula Andrea Hernández LEED AP (BD +C)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span lang=ES style='color:#943634;mso-fareast-language:ES'>Capitulo Argentino de ASHRAE Board Member - Region XII MP RVC<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:ES'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:ES'>Estudio Ingeniero Mario Pedro Hernández<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:ES'>Tel./Fax: 4302-9561 Tel.: 4303-3481<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:ES'>Av. Montes de Oca 1103 5º D - C.A.B.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:ES'>Web Site: </span><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:ES'><a href="http://www.mphingenieria.com.ar/"><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'>www.mphingenieria.com.ar</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:ES'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:ES'>e-mail: <a href="mailto:mphingenieria@fibertel.com.ar"><span style='color:blue'>paulahernandez4@fibertel.com.ar</span></a></span><span lang=ES style='mso-fareast-language:ES'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES-AR><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>