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NC-v4 EQc7:Daylight

Building with similar floors and layout: simulation simplifications

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Ricardo Sá
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Hi,

 

I'm currently analysing a building with several levels with similar layouts and glazed areas. Since sDA and ASE simulations are very time consumming, and the conclusions for the several floors will be probably similar, do you think it is reasonable to simulate only one of the floors and assume that performance for the remaining floors?

 

Thanks in advance,

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Fri, 10/27/2017 - 09:15

I think that doing one floor is okay. But select worst case floor and provide the narrative as supportive document.

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