Normally local fire regulations can deal with that, it is not a big problem,<div><br></div><div>The double facadeskin is composed of 100% glazing from both "sides" of the facades? or the interior facade is composed of wall and glazing?</div> <div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>David Garcia Sanchez,</div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Dave Howorth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave@howorth.org.uk" target="_blank">dave@howorth.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Wed, 2012-06-20 at 23:05 +0300, Ömer Moltay wrote:<br> > We would like to simulate a 43 storey high office building (located in<br> > a Mediterrenean climate) with double facade for energy calculation<br> > purposes. The double facade is a single cavity on all four sides of<br> > the building and from first floor to the top floor. The depth of the<br> > cavity ranges between 3 - 5 meters.<br> <br> </div>Sounds like an excellent chimney! How is the building protected from a<br> 43-storey-high firestorm?<br> <br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> esp-r mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk">esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk</a><br> <a href="http://lists.strath.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/esp-r" target="_blank">http://lists.strath.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/esp-r</a></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>David GARCIA SANCHEZ <br>------------------------------------------------------------<br> Département Systèmes Énergétiques Environnement<br>Ecole des Mines de Nantes<br>4, Rue Alfred Kastler<br>44300 Nantes<br>France<br>------------------------------------------------------------<br>Email: <a href="mailto:david.garcia-sanchez@emn.fr">david.garcia-sanchez@emn.fr</a><br> Tel: +33 (0) 2 51 85 82 14<br>Mobile: +33 (0) 6 78 15 08 09<br>Fax: +33 (0) 2 51 85 82 99<br>------------------------------------------------------------<br> </div></div>