[Bldg-sim] Landscapes and tree shading in Equest

Brian Fountain bfountain at greensim.com
Tue Mar 25 09:51:13 PDT 2008


You can include them as fixed shades or building shades. (see project 
tab) The advantage is they will shade more than 1 window whereas a 
window shade will only shade that window regardless of how long it is.

Andrew Pierson wrote:
>
> Does anyone know how to incorporate the shading from trees in your 
> Equest energy model? I have pretty dense trees shading west windows 
> and I want to be more accurate than simply substituting ‘fins’ or 
> ‘louvres’. Is it possible to include these trees that will shade the 
> windows? Thanks everybody…
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> Bldg-sim mailing list
> http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org
> To unsubscribe from this mailing list send  a blank message to BLDG-SIM-UNSUBSCRIBE at ONEBUILDING.ORG
>   
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG. 
> Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.0/1342 - Release Date: 3/25/2008 10:26 AM
>   




More information about the Bldg-sim mailing list