[Equest-users] Projecting Balconies in Baseline Model

[Ömer Moltay]

Dear All,

In a high rise building we are working on for LEED certification, each 
floor has balcony slabs that provide a great deal of shading to the 
spaces in the floor below. The balconies circumvent the whole floor 
plan. They are part of the passive features to decrease cooling loads. 
Would these be considered "shading projections" and not be modeled in 
the baseline building? This is what we wish to do, but have doubts 
whether the USGBC would reject this modeling approach?

Thank you,

Omer Moltay, LEED AP BD+C, ASHRAE BEMP, BREEAM Assessor
Mimta
Hekimsuyu Cad. 559. Sk. No:39 34255
Kucukkoy Istanbul Turkey
Tel: 90-212-617-2296
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