[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Math

[Benjamin Pratt]

As a non-engineer, I appreciate and admire nick's Math. I think it is
wonderful that he is willing to do these calculations for this list. If
people on this list don't like it, or feel it doesn't help, just ignore his
emails, explain it your way, or ask for more input.   To me, having someone
be able to approach questions from this perspective is invaluable. If I need
someone to do these sort of calculations, Nick would be the first person I'd
think of. I was actually thinking of getting him to help my argument that we
need windows on the south side of the building I work in, and how much they
would save us in the long run. I can't argue it from a mathematical
perspective--it's one of my weaknesses. But I'm sure Nick could do it.
Thanks Nick, for being so helpful and generous to this list!
-Ben


On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Lawrence Lile <LLile at projsolco.com> wrote:

> As an engineer, I actually appreciate Nick's math, but only when he slows
> down enough for me to follow it.  Nick's previous post brought this whole
> "Breathing wall" into more focus than earlier posts.  Some of these were,
> shall we say, obfuscated with detail, which resulted in my missing some key
> points in the discussion buried in the details.
>
> My tolerance for such stuff is probably higher than many who would rather
> not wade through it.  They can always hit the delete key if they don't want
> to read Nick's arcane formulae.  Nick is going to post them anyway, whether
> other folks like it or not, so I say "you go, man!"
>
> --Lawrence Lile, PE, LEED AP
>
>
> > >If you want to work with engineering formulas and math, please explain.
> > >Just like your teachers asked you to do.
> >
>
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-- 
Benjamin G. Pratt
Professor, Design
The University of Wisconsin-Stout