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Questions and AEC - First up, a question about Apache

Posted : September 7, 2010 by Kaye, Category: Questions and AEC

Last month, we put out the call for questions for our new monthly series, Questions and AEC. And the responses came pouring in. So without further ado, here we go!

Twitter follower @xinyiwho asked:

@IESVE yes, can we trust the default SPF in Apache system?

Cormac Glynn, Project Consultant based in Dublin, answered:

I wouldn’t take the default value for SFP. The default specific fan power is 3 but the limiting value for Part L is 2. Therefore on a new building, if you took the default value you would fail. The reason for this is that the user is forced to consider the SFP and not just take the default value without realizing and achieve a pass. It is up to the user to decide on inputs to the model.

Does that answer your question, @xinyiwho?

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