I am fairly new to equest and have a quick question about lighting schedules. If the lighting schedules are left as undefined but there is a w/ft2 value entered will equest include the w/ft2 value in any way?
You can't have one without the other. eQuest uses both the schedules
and a W/SF figure for each space in tandem. The schedules provide an
hourly fraction of the defined W/SF, not W/SF values directly. If you
aren't explicitly defining a unique lighting schedule, it only means
eQuest is creating one for you based on your other inputs in the wizards
(weighted space type allocations alongside the W/SF entered or defaulted
for each space type). You can observe the net result after closing the
wizards by double clicking on the schedule in the component tree.
Hi Brad!
You can't have one without the other. eQuest uses both the schedules
and a W/SF figure for each space in tandem. The schedules provide an
hourly fraction of the defined W/SF, not W/SF values directly. If you
aren't explicitly defining a unique lighting schedule, it only means
eQuest is creating one for you based on your other inputs in the wizards
(weighted space type allocations alongside the W/SF entered or defaulted
for each space type). You can observe the net result after closing the
wizards by double clicking on the schedule in the component tree.
~Nick
NICK CATON, P.E.