[Equest-users] ASHRAE baseline building rotation

R B slv3sat at gmail.com
Wed Mar 31 05:05:31 PDT 2010


Somewhere in the same para about rotation, it is mentioned that you
should use the SHGC all value, instead of the SHGC north.
-Rohini

On 3/31/10, Andrew Mackay <Andrew.Mackay at arup.com> wrote:
> ASHRAE Appendix G states that the baseline building glazing should
> conform with the 90.1 minimum standards. This is differentiated between
> north and other orientations.
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> Therefore my baseline building has low-performance glass on north facade
> and higher-performance glass on other facades.
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> My question is when rotating the baseline building during performance
> rating method, should the glazing be re-assigned? Ie) should each
> rotation meet 90.1 standards or only when the building is in its
> original orientation.
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> I'm sorry this isn't a strictly an equest question (equestion?) but I'm
> sure lots of you have encountered the same problem.
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> Cheers
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> Andrew MacKay
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