[Equest-users] LEED 2009 Energy Performance

[Ömer Moltay]

Hi Michael,

If you are talking about EAp2 Section 1.4 Tables, it will be asking for 
"Building Self-Shading Description". According to Appendix G, the 
Baseline should be modeled so that exterior surfaces do not shade each 
other, and the Proposed model should be modeled with exterior surfaces 
shading each other (to claim credit for solar control due to building 
siting and shape).

eQuest takes this kind of shading into account in the properties window 
of each exterior surface. The best way to configure this is to switch 
into Spreadsheet mode and change the values for all of the surfaces with 
the usual paste-move down approach. Could take a very long time if you 
have hundreds of surfaces. There should be faster ways, like 
automatically replacing the text in the source file.

Cheers,

Omer Moltay, LEED AP BD+C, ASHRAE BEMP, BREEAM Assessor
Mimta EkoYapi
Hekimsuyu Cad. 559. Sk. No:39
34255 Kucukkoy Istanbul Turkey
Tel: 90-212-617-2296
Fax: 90-212-617-2297
www.mimtarch.com
www.eko-yapi.net
www.mimtasolar.com

On 2/27/2012 11:01 PM, M. Shields wrote:
>
> Good afternoon,
>
> I am working on a LEED 2009 model and in the paperwork it asks for a 
> "Building Shading Description." I do not remember this detail in any 
> of my older LEED projects and I am not sure what they are looking for 
> or how it would affect the eQuest model. Does anyone know what USGBC 
> is looking for here? Also, does anyone know how/if building shading is 
> taken into account by equest?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael Shields
>
>
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