[Equest-users] Balconies in Multifamily High Rise Building

[Nick Caton]

Hi Juan,

If you model the balconies as window overhangs, and you don't have a ton of unique balcony footprints, it isn't terribly labor-intensive to address, particularly if you pick this up during the wizards.  Attached are a few past discussions / illustrations covering that strategy further.

Circumstances allowing, it *might* be easier/quicker to approximate the balconies along any given orientation as a series of building shades, but in most cases I think you'll find it less time consuming to check out the window fin/overhang inputs first.

If you should have any "exterior" lighting/fans/outlets/etc. to model at those balconies, you can either include those inputs inside the apartments or define them as exterior loads on the meter.

~Nick
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NICK CATON, P.E.
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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Juan Carlos Lopez
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 4:13 PM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Equest-users] Balconies in Multifamily High Rise Building

Hello

I'm modeling a 14 floor  Multifamily High Rise building, but It has to have Balconies  in the façade, there are 4 departments per floor oriented in west and east facades, the balcony must be in the living room and master suit too,  my question is: Do I have to model balcony per balcony in each department and floor? Because if it is the case, there will be like 60 balcony.

Is there any way to model the  balconies in group, instead of do it as a fixed shape separately?


Thanks in advance



Juan Carlos López
[ibe]

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