Q. What isthe difference between Floorto-Floor Height and Wall Height, and how does plenum height work in conjunction with these two inputs? ‘A. The Wall Height is used to define the size of the exterior wall ‘exposed to ambient conditions and solar loads. Wall Height is ‘multiplied by the Wall Length to calculate the gross area of the ‘external walls. This area should include any window area and the wall area above an acoustic ceiling (the plenum, if t exist. Unless the user has unchecked Wall Load to Plenum, the load {or the portion of the wall above the acoustic ceiling will be assigned to the plenum during the heatbalance calculations (assuming that the entered plenum height is greater than zero) Also, if wallis 100 percent glass, the wall dimensions must stil be entered, Figure 6-1 Floorto-floor height to wall height relationship walls waltz a 6-20 The Floorto-Floor Height is the vertical distance between floors, including the plenum height. For floors except the top floor, the FF Height is the distance measured from the floor slab surface 10 the bottom of the next higher floor slab surface. For the top floor, the FTF Height isthe distance between the floor slab surface and the internal root surface. This value is used in ‘conjunction with the entered Plenum Height to calculate the percent of non-glass wall conduction load that is assigned to the returnair path and the volume of the room (used to calculate any aicflows entered with the units of air changes per hour. TRACE 700 Users Manu « cDS-PRMODLEN