[Equest-users] Modeling Theater

[Carol Gardner]

I agree with Grammy. Now that I see what you are looking at what I would do,
and have done in the past is figure out the average height of the space and
use that. The volume would be the same and that's all eQUEST cares about.

Carol

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Grammy <grammy.hkust at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you want to model this accurately, you can edit the polygon in detail
> mode. But it will spend a lot of time to do such things, obviously. You
> should consider that how much it means for accurately model the geo, the geo
> is much more important then the HVAC system setting or schedule, etc.
>
> In my opinion, the geo is not serious too much, just model a constant
> height.
>
> Anyway, you can refer DOE2.2 vol 2 and 3 for more details about geo in
> DOE2.2.
>
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Mohammad Almasri <malmasri at ems-int.com>wrote:
>
>>  The building is a learning center . As it seen in the section view,  the
>> elevation will change from back until the screen.
>>
>> In case like this , it will be not be accurate to model this zone with
>> constant elevation (the maximum elevation), the volume itself will represent
>> a load on the HVAC system.
>>
>> So, eQUEST can model the zone as actual? Or the volume is our concern; so
>> we can approximate the elevation to get the actual volume?
>>
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>> Best regards,
>>
>> [image: Masri_new]
>>
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>>
>> *From:* Carol Gardner [mailto:cmg750 at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 16, 2010 12:47 PM
>> *To:* Mohammad Almasri
>> *Cc:* equest-users
>> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] Modeling Theater
>>
>>
>>
>> What kind of theater? What do you mean by the level and volume changing
>> and why would it change?
>>
>> Carol
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 1:57 AM, Mohammad Almasri <malmasri at ems-int.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>>
>>
>> What is the best method for modeling a theater?  You know that the level
>> and the volume will change. Can we do that in eQUEST ? or we should assume
>> the elevation is constant?
>>
>>
>>
>> I think that if we calculate the actual zone volume , and then adjust the
>> elevation in eQUEST to get the same volume (so the elevation in eQUEST will
>> represent a virtual elevation). Is that a good approach?
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> [image: Masri_new]
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