Adjacent building

Luana Bertoletti

Sustentech

LEEDuser Basic Member

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December 3, 2012

Hi, I have a question about how modeling a building adjacent to an CI project model. In my project, I'm modeling a store which is inside an commercial centre which is not under LEED certification. In the simulation model, should I model this adjacent building, considering that the walls shared by the store and the commercial centre are adiabatic. Should I consider this for the proposed and baseline model? Thanks!

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Marcus Sheffer

LEED Fellow

7group / Energy Opportunities

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Mon, 12/03/2012 - 20:16

You typically do not have to model an adjacent building to simulate an adiabatic condition. The software we use allows you to simply model walls/opening as adiabatic.

Luana Bertoletti

Sustentech

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Wed, 12/05/2012 - 14:02

Hi Marcus, So, I think it's enough to model these shared walls as adiabatic walls, according to what you said. So, in this project's context, should I model, in both, proposed and baseline model, this shared walls as adiabatic walls? Thanks.

Marcus Sheffer

LEED Fellow

7group / Energy Opportunities

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Wed, 12/05/2012 - 14:54

I did not say that is how you should model it for CI. I do not know nearly enough about your project and what it is trying to accomplish to comment on how you should model it. All I said is that you can typically simulate an adiabatic condition without having to model an adjacent building.