[Equest-users] Skylight + Plenum

[Arpan Bakshi]

Kelsey, great routine, though, Christie, is your plenum modeled at  
actual height from finished floor or lowered to reflect reduced air  
volume? This would affect skylight contribution towards lighting power  
reduction.


Arpan Bakshi, LEED AP BD+C

On Mar 15, 2011, at 8:11 PM, Kelsey VanTassel  
<KVanTassel at sustaineng.com> wrote:

> Wizard mode will automatically do both for you, but if you are  
> detailed edit mode here’s how you make a skylight and return air ple 
> num:
>
>
>
> Right-click on your space and select “create child  
> component”>”child exterior wall”
>
> Name it something like “skylight roof” and select “create from  
> scratch”
>
> Under “construction” select “library”
>
> Under “starting points” select “Skylt Roof Construction”.  
> Click OK
>
> Under Location select “Top”
>
> In the wall properties window, overwrite the Z value with the height  
> of your roof. The default that is there is the ceiling height. Click  
> OK.
>
> Right-click the new exterior wall you just made and select “create c 
> hild component”>”child window”
>
> Make your skylight.
>
> In the internal loads tab, right-click your plenum space. Under “zon 
> e type”, select “plenum”
>
> Under the air-side HVAC tab, select your system
>
> Under “return air path”, select “plenum”
>
>
>
> Kelsey Van Tassel
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> Mechanical Engineer | kvantassel at sustaineng.com
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> From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest- 
> users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Rimes, Christie
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:59 PM
> To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> Subject: [Equest-users] Skylight + Plenum
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I am modeling a displacement system therefore need a plenum to model  
> the loads that go straight into the return air plenum. However I  
> also have a skylight in this area require that the lighting pass  
> through to the occupied zone. Any Ideas?
>
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> Christie Rimes, LEED BD+C
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