The building has one of the facades facing east-south. There are trees at street level that block the sun. Also the prject is located in a densily built area with tall buildings that eventually block the sun . Would we need to control this specific zone with a sperate control being that the exposure would be minimal?
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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October 30, 2012 - 11:01 am
Yes I would think so. The reason for zoning the perimeter is not just relative to solar exposure. The perimeter also has greater conductive heat loss to the exterior. So the need for zoning could be climate dependent - if no heating is required and the solar exposure is zero it may not be necessary but that would be a pretty rare case.