<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533657140279_51488"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533657140279_51495">Thanks Christopher and Bill</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533657140279_51489"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533657140279_51490">Paul Diglio<br><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533657140279_51500"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533657140279_51499" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533657140279_51498"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533657140279_51497"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533657140279_51496"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533657140279_51516" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "Jones, Christopher" <Christopher.r.Jones@wsp.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Paul Diglio <paul.diglio@sbcglobal.net>; "equest-users@onebuilding.org" <equest-users@onebuilding.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, August 8, 2018 10:58 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: [Equest-users] Thermal Bridging of Steel Stud Walls<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533657140279_51520"><br><div id="yiv9282509785"><style>#yiv9282509785 #yiv9282509785 --
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<div class="yiv9282509785MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533657140279_51517">Alternately, I use the EE4 modeling program from NRCan. EE4 is a simplified GUI to DOE2.1e. It includes an envelope performance calculator that accounts for different types of thermal bridges. It has many built in materials and you can
add custom materials. I use EE4 to establish the envelope performances then I define my eQuest materials and layers to match.</div>
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<div class="yiv9282509785MsoNormal">You would have to install EE4 using a virtual machine with XP. It won’t run on 64 bit Windows machines.</div>
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<div class="yiv9282509785MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Christopher R Jones, P.Eng.</span></b></div>
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<div class="yiv9282509785MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Equest-users [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jones, Christopher via Equest-users<br clear="none">
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 08, 2018 10:47 AM<br clear="none">
<b>To:</b> Paul Diglio <paul.diglio@sbcglobal.net>; equest-users@onebuilding.org<br clear="none">
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Thermal Bridging of Steel Stud Walls</div>
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<div class="yiv9282509785MsoNormal">Chapter 27.5 in the ASHRAE Fundamentals provides examples for calculating the effective R-value for where there is steel studs creating a thermal bridge.</div>
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<div class="yiv9282509785MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Christopher R Jones, P.Eng.</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv9282509785MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;">T+ 1 416-644-0252</span></div>
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<div class="yiv9282509785MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Equest-users [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Diglio via Equest-users<br clear="none">
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<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Thermal Bridging of Steel Stud Walls</div>
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insulation and R10 CI. Table A3.3.3.1 in 90.1-2013 does not go above R21.</span></div>
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