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I think it depends on if the garage is conditioned or not. See the definitions...

building envelope: the exterior plus the semi-exterior portions of a building. For the purposes of determining building envelope requirements, the classifications are defined as follows:

exterior building envelope: the elements of a building that separate conditioned spaces from the exterior.

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I think it depends on if the garage is conditioned or not. See the definitions...

building envelope: the exterior plus the semi-exterior portions of a building. For the purposes of determining building envelope requirements, the classifications are defined as follows:

exterior building envelope: envelope: the elements of a building that separate conditioned spaces from the exterior.

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I think it depends on if the garage is conditioned or not. See the definitions...

building envelope: the exterior plus the semi-exterior portions of a building. For the purposes of determining building envelope requirements, the classifications are defined as follows:

exterior building envelope: the elements of a building that separate conditioned spaces from the exterior.

Also, OpenStudio Standards adjusts the baseline WWR based on whether the space is conditioned.

  • https://github.com/NREL/openstudio-standards/blob/49626ee957db63129bb74cfe08b48abd571de759/lib/openstudio-standards/standards/Standards.Model.rb#L3436