I have modeled a high school building (NH) on eQuest. It is participating
in a state funded incentive program. I?ve been using the software for 2
years now, but cannot figure out why the electricity and fuel usage from
the model are at least 40% above actual usage.

Mysteriously, I have significant electricity use from space heating, when I
have no electric heat in the facility- does this number refer to auxiliary
components in the heating systems? Because the corresponding fuel bills are
also high.

I have condensing propane boilers with distribution through terminal units
including unit heaters, cabinet heaters, unit ventilators, baseboards and
roof-top air handlers.

The ?vent. Fans? and the ?pumps & aux? categories also read high apart from
the ?miscellaneous equipment?- I could fix the miscellaneous loads. But as
far as the other categories go, I do not know where to even begin
troubleshooting.

This was the first model that I used the detailed interface from start and
built it way back in November 2012. And since I am at a loss of technical
language to describe this, I need help with reducing the electricity and
fuel use in the building- especially with editing information related to
schedules, meter assignments and/ or temperature set points to avoid the
heating and cooling units working at the same time.

Nirupama