<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><div><div>Hi Phil:</div></div><div><br></div><div>If you are not as concerned with the 3-D rendering, I would have half the basement above ground, half below. A simple step. Thermodynamically, it should be fine.</div><div><br></div><div>John R. Aulbach, PE</div><div><br></div><div id="yahoo_quoted_5210567133" class="yahoo_quoted"><div>On Saturday, January 21, 2017, 8:29:20 AM PST, Philip Boutelle via Equest-users <equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org> wrote:</div><div><div id="yiv4220195385">Equest users,<div>I need to model a building that is built partially into a hillside, so that te basement is partially below grade. One wall of the basement is almost completely adjacent to earth, and the hill slopes pretty evenly down towards the opposite side, which is completely exposed. Any tips on how to reflect this in my model?</div><div>Thank for any help here, </div><div>-Phil</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p class="yiv4220195385MsoNormal yiv4220195385gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:9pt;"><span class="yiv4220195385gmail_msg" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);">--<span class="yiv4220195385gmail_msg"></span></span></p><p class="yiv4220195385MsoNormal yiv4220195385gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:9pt;"><b class="yiv4220195385gmail_msg"><span class="yiv4220195385gmail_msg" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33);">Phil Boutelle,</span></b><span class="yiv4220195385gmail_msg" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33);"> </span><b class="yiv4220195385gmail_msg"><span class="yiv4220195385gmail_msg" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33);">PE, CEM</span></b><span class="yiv4220195385gmail_msg" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33);"> | Energy Engineer<br class="yiv4220195385gmail_msg"><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:philboutelle@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:philboutelle@gmail.com" class="yiv4220195385gmail_msg"><span class="yiv4220195385gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(71,124,204);">philboutelle@gmail.com</span></a> | M <a rel="nofollow" class="yiv4220195385gmail_msg">(831) 359-5268</a><span class="yiv4220195385gmail_msg"></span></span></p><p class="yiv4220195385MsoNormal yiv4220195385gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:9pt;"><span class="yiv4220195385gmail_msg" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);"> <span class="yiv4220195385gmail_msg"></span></span></p></div><div><span class="yiv4220195385gmail_msg" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);"><br></span></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Equest-users mailing list<br><a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org" target=_blank>http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org</a><br>To unsubscribe from this mailing list send a blank message to <a ymailto="mailto:EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG" href="mailto:EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG">EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG</a><br></div></div></div></body></html>