Hi Everyone,
I have a high-rise office building project that has curtain wall design
that looks like the image below.
The aluminum composite panel (ACP) and spandrel glass has different thermal
properties. I can only set one thermal property in a continuous external
wall.
How will I reflect the spandrel glass in the model?
*aluminum composite panel (ACP)* *spandrel glass* *aluminum composite
panel (ACP)* *spandrel glass* * * *aluminum composite panel (ACP)* * spandrel
glass* *aluminum composite panel (ACP)* *spandrel glass* * * *aluminum
composite panel (ACP)* *vision glass* *vision glass* *vision glass
* *vision glass*
Your thoughts and suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks.
Tyrone
Hi
you can club the spandrel area, glass area and panel area under each zone
and create one big rectangle (total area of each type) .
equest generally assumes the effect of total area of glass.
eg. if you have 3 vision glass areas of 10'x5' each, you can create just
one big window 30'x5' if they are in same zone.
hope this helps.
Deepika
Hi Tyrone,
If you haven't yet, I would search through the archives - this topic sounds familiar. If I recall, I believe one suggestion was to area-weight the different opaque fa?ade surfaces (60% at R-10 and 40% at R-15 would be averaged at R-12).
Deepika's suggestion can also simplify your model by having one large window. The only caution I would add is to ensure that the total frame area you model in 1 large window matches the area of the 3 actual windows.
Kind regards,
Alex Krickx, LEED AP