[Equest-users] balcony

Brian Fountain bfountain at greensim.com
Mon Dec 6 11:45:18 PST 2010


In screen 4 of 25 of the DD shell wizard you can specify "Slab 
Penetrates Wall Plane" (check box).  If you do, eQUEST created a new 
wall type of height equal to your slab thickness and composed of 1' of 
concrete plus any slab edge insulation you specify on the same wiz 
screen.   That provides a parallel path for the heat transfer from the 
balcony or slab edge.  Not exactly 2D heat transfer modelling -- but at 
least you aren't ignoring the effect of the slab edge or balcony.



On 12/5/2010 8:43 PM, Shinn, Kim wrote:
>
> Unless the balcony is an extension of the floor slab -- at which point 
> it becomes a heat transfer fin.  Not too bad if you are in Florida.  A 
> wreck if you are in Duluth.
>
> And no, I haven't the vaguest idea of how that is modeled.
>
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> *From:*Nick Caton [mailto:ncaton at smithboucher.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, December 03, 2010 1:53 PM
> *To:* John Aulbach; damla kaplan; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] balcony
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> Agreed -- exterior balconies are nothing more complicated than shades.
>
> Repeating balconies as seen commonly with multistory apartment 
> buildings & hotels should be defined as typical window overhangs in 
> the wizards of the appropriate dimensions.  If it's more of an 
> isolated case you might save time creating a single building shade in 
> detailed edit instead.
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> *John Aulbach
> *Sent:* Friday, December 03, 2010 12:57 PM
> *To:* damla kaplan; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] balcony
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> Do you mean an outdoor balcony? I would add a shading device over a 
> window on the floor below.
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> *From:*damla kaplan <kaplan.damla at gmail.com>
> *To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Sent:* Fri, December 3, 2010 10:34:06 AM
> *Subject:* [Equest-users] balcony
>
> How can i add balcony to buildings at equest?
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