[Equest-users] External Adiabatic

[Chris Swanson]

See below.  Nick gives a good explanation when I posed the same question
a couple weeks ago.

 

Chris Swanson, EI

Mechanical Design Engineer

Roger D. Fields & Associates

(614) 451-2248

 

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"A suggestion for you both:

 

Right click any side of a shell during DD wizards at the zone definition
screen (after any custom footprint/zoning patterns) to make that wall
section "entirely adiabatic."  This sidesteps making any extra
shells/systems and avoids having to back any figures out later.
Screengrab following illustrates where I'm talking about - results in
the background.  

 

You can accomplish the same net effect in detailed mode in various ways,
but I think this is probably the easiest/fastest approach if you know
from the start you want to model only part of a building with exterior
exposures.  

 

 

 

Best of luck!

 

~Nick

 

 

 

NICK CATON, E.I.T.

PROJECT ENGINEER

Smith & Boucher Engineers

25501 west valley parkway

olathe ks 66061

direct 913 344.0036

fax 913 345.0617

www.smithboucher.com 

 

From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Bruce
Easterbrook
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 9:58 AM
To: Chris Swanson
Cc: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] How to model part of a building?

 

You have the right idea.  Depending on the building of course, but I try
to lump the part you aren't concerned about onto one AHU, and default
everything in that portion.  You are only concerned about the
intersecting wall and it's condition.  Add your other AHU's and zoning
for the portion you want to work on.  With the one extra AHU is makes it
relatively easy to back out its numbers from the building analysis and
you are left with what you want.
Bruce Easterbrook P.Eng.
Abode Engineering

On 06/04/2011 10:15 AM, Chris Swanson wrote: 

Hello all,

 

I'm looking for recommendations of how to model just one section of a
building in eQUEST.  Three sides are exterior walls, while the fourth is
connected to the rest of the building, and therefore next to a
conditioned space.  Would the best method be to just use two separate
shells (1 - the building "wing" I'm analyzing, 2 - the rest of the
building), although I'm only concerned with one of them?  Is there a
better way to do this?  I'm hoping someone can point me in the right
direction.  

 

Thanks,

 

Chris Swanson, EI

Mechanical Design Engineer

Roger D. Fields & Associates

Columbus, Ohio 43220-2777

E-mail: cswanson at rdfa.com"

 

 
 
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[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Arpan
Bakshi
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:48 AM
To: equest-users
Subject: [Equest-users] External Adiabatic

 

I can't find this thread I remember seeing about turning an exterior
surface adiabatic where new construction meets existing building, ideas?

 

 

 

 

Arpan Bakshi, LEED AP BD+C

YRG sustainability

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