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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I model a typical office building : one intermediate level of a tower.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In order to understand the energy balance, I have looked at each variable of balance 4.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have difficulties to understand QTRANS, and the explanation in the documentation is quite vague :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Balance 4 is a “balance for zones” : results are given by zone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">QTRANS is described as : “</span><span class="fontstyle01"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">transmission into the surface from inner surface node (might be stored in the wall, going to a slab cooling or directly
transmitted)</span></span><span lang="EN-US">“ : it refers to surface and not to zone…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Do you know what does it represent and how it is calculated ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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