[Equest-users] Equest v3.64 - Plenum and Zones

[Carol Gardner]

Here's my answer: don't create plenums. Why would you want them unless you
are doing a UFAD system and that's a whole other story, or wholenother or
whatever. I just make my floor to floor height one number and my floor to
ceiling height 6 inches, or the width of the floor slab, less. The DOE help
manual, you know, has always suggested that you don't need to model plenums.
It seems like it would save a lot of people a lot of time, space, and heart
burn to just not include them.

Cheers,
Carol

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Bishop, Bill <wbishop at pathfinder-ea.com>wrote:

>  Mike,
>
>
>
> The eQUEST wizard will create plenums based on the inputs for systems. For
> example, if you use the Schematic Design Wizard and select a VAV system, you
> will get one plenum per floor. If you select Packaged Single Zone you will
> get one plenum per zone. If you use the Design Development Wizard, you have
> the option of selecting System per Floor or System per Zone, which will
> create the plenums accordingly.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill
>
>
>
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> *From:* equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
> equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *Mike Schaefer
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 02, 2010 8:49 AM
> *To:* EQuest
> *Subject:* [Equest-users] Equest v3.64 - Plenum and Zones
>
>
>
> After setting up an overall buidling footprint and then the zones eQuest
> creates a large plenum that encompasses all zones. How can I divide this
> plenum to correlate to it's respective zone? When I have mutlipy systems I'm
> forced to assign the plenum return to one system instead of the related
> zones.
>
> I'd appreciate any input. Thanks,
>
> *Michael Schaefer - P.E., LEED® AP*
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