To my fellow eQuets users:
I have the following questions regarding the eQuest program and I was
wondering if someone could help me out (I am self taught and still new
to the program, so please forgive my lack of knowledge):
1) I am currently modeling a building with a custom footprint shape.
Different parts of my building have floors at varying elevations (i.e. I
have a gym that is 45' high with the floor at ground level connected to
a multi-story exercise complex with 3 floors including a basement and
all this is connected to another gym that is 30' high with the floor at
basement level). Due to the complexity of the shape, I have chosen to
model the building using seperate shells (one shell for each floor of
the multi-story exercise complex and two seperate shells for the two
seperate gyms). I have located the first input shell 'via coordinates'
and then the following shells via coordinates in reference to the first
input shell. After going through the motions of modeling the rest of
the building I click on the 3-D geometry view tab and the building
shells are floating in different locations, not attached to one another
like I (thought I) specified. What could possilby be the cause of this?
And, how do I fix it so that the shells are attached?
2) After running a simulation of the building, I obtain graphical
results of the "baseline design". Is this the building as described by
my design? Initially, I thought that this was my "as-designed"
building. However, the energy analysis calls for my design to be
compared to the baseline design? The title "baseline design" is
confusing me. If this is not my designed building, how can I view the
performance of my designed building.
3) It seems that the only options to compare the inputs with are for
California T-24 Code. Is there a way to compare the results to ASHRAE
90.1 in the eQuest program?
I know I sound extremely confused and that is because I truly am. I
appreciate any help that anyone can give me.
Thank you,
Antonio Mendoza
1) The easiest way to create a building with multiple shells
to turn on "specify exact site coordinates" under general shall
information on DD wizard. Keep X and Y coordinate to 0,0. If you want
to create a shall above another shell, just change z coordinates.
2) Your initial model is baseline model. If you go to energy
efficiency measure (EEM) wizard, you can run same energy model with
different HVAC efficiency, building R-value, and etc. This time, EEM
run name will be shown on the simulation reports with your baseline
model.
3) If you want to compare the results to ASHRAE 90.1, you
have to insert all the Appendix G requirement by hand.
Kosuke Kato, LEED AP
Thank you guys for your help on my e-mail below. It was extremely
helpful and I was able to figure out the "floating building" issue as
well as gain a better understanding about the program...
Have any of you seen the following error:
"Error retrieving EG_MoEU_ED CSV simulation results for table 'Electric
Consumption (kWh)' (returned -3)"?
I'm assuming it has something to do with my Utilities inputs, but I was
able to run a similar simulation with the same Utilities inputs and I
didn't have any issues with that simulation.
Any insights?
Thank you,
Antonio Mendoza
Talking about having to insert all the Appendix G requirement by hand, it
would be really convenient if the newer version of eQuest would be able to
do this automatically in the same way that it inputs the T-24 codes. Perhaps
by offering an optional plug-in for LEED credits compliance purposes?
Hi all,
I have a similar question regarding "floating building". I had a
multiple of 16 floor "above grade" to model 16 stories with the same
floor plan. But in the 3d view, it shows only a few of the floors, the
rest of them are missing (middle floors). The info explanation says
that the program only models 3 floors (bottom, middle and top) and
multiplies the middle floors. The energy usage seems to include those
"missing floors". Is it just a program fluke in the 3d view?
Angelina
chematic Angelina:
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This 3-D view is created from the Schematic Mode. If you are in the Design Development Wizard, and you?HAVE a shell created for every floor, you need to UNcheck the "Floor Mulitpliers" check box on the first screen. Your floors should then appear.
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John Aulbach
I believe that this error EG_MoEU_ED CSV is a result of the file name
having a period "." in it. Try using a comma rather than a period.
Example:
File name that will result in the error: MyProject-90.1-2004.pd2
File name that will not result in the error: MyProject-90,1-2004.pd2
David Dowling
Thanks all!
Angelina Kalianda, PE, CEM
AECOM Energy
D 858-947-7193
C 760-585-8624