McQuay Acoustic Analyzer Program

Woolpert

LEEDuser Basic Member

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February 15, 2013

My mechanical engineer has a program called "McQuay Acoustic Analyzer Program" but we do not know if the calculations it performs will be acceptable to the LEED reviewers. The only program I see referenced in the forum so far is Trane Acoustics Program (TAP). Has anyone used the McQuay software and had experience (good/bad) with it to document the background level noise requirement for EQp3? I appreciate your help!

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Daniel Hicks

Daniel Hicks, E.I., INCE

Geiler & Associates

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Fri, 02/15/2013 - 21:36

Ask your mechanical engineer to look into how the calculations are performed with the software. I'm going to guess that the calculations are based on ASHRAE, the same as the TAP program, and should be fine to use. The info might be found in the "about software" or in the documentation that came with it. Or by contacting your McQuay representative and asking them. I haven't had any personal experience with it but it probably will give the same results as the TAP program.