[Equest-users] Light Shelves
Paul Erickson
perickson at aeieng.com
Fri Nov 21 12:45:19 PST 2008
Mehta/Demba,
Before taking the approach of increasing "the proportion of your space that benefits from daylighting as a result of the deeper light penetration allowed by the shelves," you should use a detailed daylight simulation program to determine if any extra credit should be attributed to your chosen light shelves. Though conceptual renderings and many designers tend to suggest there is great deep daylight benefit, most daylighting experts suggest the real benefits to be the reduction in direct solar radiation striking occupants and the fact that the bounced light dispels shadows/contrast areas on the ceiling near the window, enhancing the overall ambient lighting of the space.
Regards,
Paul
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PPlease consider the environment before printing thismessage.
>>> "Demba Ndiaye" <Demba.Ndiaye at uoit.ca> 11/20/2008 4:45 PM >>>
One possibility is to model daylighting as usual and increase the
proportion of your space that benefits from the daylighting as a result
of the deeper light penetration allowed by the shelves.
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Demba Ndiaye
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Timothy
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Not possible as of yet.
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Hi
I am trying to model Light Shelves in E-Quest for day lighting. Can you
please help me on this? Thanks
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From: "Matthew Dubrovich" <mdubrovich at emcengineers.com>
Subject: [Equest-users] PIU vs. VAV in eQuest
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For those that are on both the BLDG-SIM and this list, I apologize for
the repost...
Question on PIU vs. VAV systems in eQuest...
If a PIU system has only SVAV boxes and all other parameters are
identical, does the PIU act like a VAV in eQuest? Only changing the
system type in my model seems to have a significant impact on energy
usage and I can't track down why that is. The difference is significant
enough that with App. G System 7 VAV w/RH, the choice between PIU and
VAV has an effect on the number of points. Any thoughts would be
appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt
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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:00:21 -0800
From: Kevin Madison <kevinjm5000 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] PIU vs. VAV in eQuest
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Matt -
You may be observing the result of the different default for
"THERMOSTAT-TYPE" for zones served by each system. The default for VAVS
is "REVERSE-ACTION" while it is "PROPORTIONAL" for PIU. Take a look in
the DOE-2 documentation for descriptions of each of these and how this
property affects ZONE terminal unit and SYSTEM operation.
- Kevin
Kevin Madison
Madison Engineering PS
Seattle WA
Matthew Dubrovich wrote:
>
> For those that are on both the BLDG-SIM and this list, I apologize for
> the repost?
>
> Question on PIU vs. VAV systems in eQuest?
>
> If a PIU system has only SVAV boxes and all other parameters are
> identical, does the PIU act like a VAV in eQuest? Only changing the
> system type in my model seems to have a significant impact on energy
> usage and I can?t track down why that is. The difference is
> significant enough that with App. G System 7 VAV w/RH, the choice
> between PIU and VAV has an effect on the number of points. Any
> thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
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