Dear all -

I have been reviewing several reports for design day loads and wonder what everyone's experience with using equest to evaluate load calculations?
I know in the past that several comments have been made stating that equest should not be used to do HVAC heat load calculations. Is this the general agreement of the sim fellowship? I know LS-B reports are problematic because they do not have ventilation loads. Do the SS-F & SS-G reports provide any further insight to system sizing based on design day? I had thought previously that the energy model (SV-A report) calculates equipment size and energy use based on random selection of weather data. Are the SS-F and SS-G reports good tools for determining the (design) system capacity? Do they include a design day heat load and ventilation?

Thank you so much.

Regards,
Kevin J. Kyte, PE BEMP LEED (r) AP