Architects keep trying to push envelope comcheck onto us.

[nuuvox000]

Over the last few years, I have had more and more architects trying to have us (mechanical engineer) take care of the envelope comcheck for new designs. I have just been telling them that we don't really deal with that and I've never done one and they end of doing it themselves. However, they always act like I should have known to provide an envelope comcheck along with the mechanical comcheck. I guess my question is, are mechanical designers starting to pick this up? I guess we can learn how to do it if that is becoming the norm but I wanted to see if anyone else has run into this. Thank you!

 

[willard3]

Inasmuch as the building envelope is under the control of the Architect and not the Engineer, it's his responsibility.

 

[AdrienneGC]

I am a mechanical engineer and do the energy calculation for just about every project I work on. A lot of the information I need for the Load calc is the same as what I need for the energy calc, so it has always made sense for me to do both. I use Energy Gauge Summit software (which I do not love).

Adrienne Gould-Choquette, P.E.

http://www.adicotengineering.com