[Equest-users] LEED Baseline Windows

[Ryan Lacey]

Hello all,

Thank you to all that have been answering my questions throughout this last
week.  You have been a great help.  

 

I am modeling a building for LEED.  Once I finish modeling my building as
designed, I need to model compare the model to a baseline building.  One of
the baseline building requirements is to have equal window distribution on
all facades.  I know that in the wizard, if you know your window %’s that
you can specify a window width of 0 it will create a single long window per
façade.  Unfortunately, I used the custom window/door placement & am
planning on taking the plunge into DE mode to polish off my As Designed
building.  In DE mode, is there a simple way to model windows in a strip
fashion as LEED baseline buildings require?  What is the best way to go
about this?

 

I pawed through the building-sim archives and there is a lot of hype about
an ASHRAE 90.1 addendum A that gets rid of this requirement to equally
distribute glazing in horizontal bands.  From what I read, I don’t think
that LEED accepts this addendum.  That being said, I just want to go forward
with modeling the horizontal bands.  If somebody knows otherwise for a FACT,
I would appreciate the heads up!  

 

 

Thanks,

 

Ryan Lacey

LEED AP

Petersen Engineering, Inc.

PO Box 4774

6 Market Square

Portsmouth, NH 03801

Phone 603.436.4233 x113

Fax 603.436.4294

www.petersenengineering.com

ryan at petersenengineering.

 

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