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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Dear TRNSYS users,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>We have a project in the south hemisphere but we are more used to model projects in the north hemisphere.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>I have a question about which Azimuth Angle I should take to model the building’s orientations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The Type 109 description read as follow : “The solar azimuth angle is the angle between the local meridian and the projection of the line of sight of the sun onto the horizontal plane. 0 = Facing equator, 90 = Facing west, 180 = Facing north, 270 = Facing east. Refer to the manual for details on the azimuth parameter for tracking surfaces.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>In our case, “facing equator” is north, so should the solar azimuth angle be 0 ?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>We think we should take the following :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>North = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>South = 180<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>West = 90<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>East = -90 or 270<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Could you confirm this or correct me if I am wrong ?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Thanks very much !<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Héloïse Pelen<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:2.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:white'>ETAMINE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr style='height:33.0pt'><td width=418 rowspan=2 valign=top style='width:313.65pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:33.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=416 style='width:312.15pt'><tr><td width="29%" style='width:29.36%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#00B050;text-transform:uppercase'><img width=118 height=48 id="Image_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CBE262.C85F9210" alt="etamine_mail"></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="69%" style='width:69.2%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:heloise.pelen@etamine.coop"><span style='color:black'>heloise.pelen@etamine.coop</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>75 rue de la Villette - 69003 Lyon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Std : 04 37 45 34 20 / Fax : 04 37 45 41 38<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#00B050'>Ld : 04 37 45 34 13 / Port : 06 65 07 41 77</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#00B050'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td><td width=0 style='width:.3pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:33.0pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:13.5pt'><td width=0 style='width:.3pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:13.5pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="www.etamine.coop" title="Aller sur le site de ETAMINE"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Mistral;color:#00B050'>www.etamine.coop</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>