Removed windows

I think that they should be considered walls in the baseline. That said, beginning in 90.1-2013 the existing window area is supposed to be modeled in the baseline and the proposed window area is based on the design. I think this is a bad move. If you take what is allowed to an extreme it makes no sense to me. We worked on a project many years ago that had no windows. It was a building that housed telephone switch gear. The building was converted to an office and many windows were cut in the walls. So in that case we would have had a baseline with no windows compared to a proposed with many windows. Just does not seem to be a reasonable comparison to me but it would be allowed under this rule.