[Equest-users] Building Areas

[Nick Caton]

Sometimes narratively describing the real-world of energy modeling seems
too much effort... 

 

In the past I've resorted to just fluffing  "refining" the appropriate
space/surface figures to make the totals match exactly wherever they're
being scrutinized - usually they're darn close, but the energy model is
well under way before the Architect gets around to the "final" area
inputs.

 

Maybe in the future I'll try to set my reviewers  straight on that
issue, but it always seems to come down to choosing my battles... 

 

~Nick

 

 

 

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[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Syed,
Fareed
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 12:16 PM
To: Wolfe, Brian; Rob Hudson; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Building Areas

 

I had come across the same situation once. From the next submission I
started mentioning the reason for the variance between the areas in the
credit narrative and went smooth.

 

The reviewer has to give some comment on the submission. I think they
give this as their favourite template comment.

 

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[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Wolfe,
Brian
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 11:29 AM
To: Rob Hudson; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Building Areas

 

We've run into that situation, but not to the extent the credit was
denied.  It was usually in the reviewers comments about the differences.
The issue is usually solved in a narrative describing why the
differences in the stated square footage.  For some reason that is
something they always seem to comment on during the review process.  

 

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[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Rob
Hudson
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 10:48 AM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Equest-users] Building Areas

 

Has anyone come into issues with Reviewers rejecting a model because of
the area of the spaces in the eQuest model are not what the areas that
the Architect places on the design documents, due to the fact that the
modeler traces the space without accounting for wall thickness?  Can
this be avoided by explaining gross square footage versus net square
footage?

-- 
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