Issue of mis-match in reported building areas - Reviewer's Comment

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Dear All,

This is the comment received by the reviewer:

*The BEPU reports for the Proposed and Baseline models appear to indicate
that the total building area reflected in each model is approximately
231,398 square feet (i.e. 49,982,000 MBtu/216 kBtu per square foot
indicated in the BEPU report for the Baseline model), which is inconsistent
with the total building area of 376,892 square feet indicated in Section
1.1A and Section 1.2 of the form. Revise the Proposed and Baseline models,
Section 1.1A, and Section 1.2, as needed, to reflect the total building
area reflected in the actual design, and/or provide a supplemental
narrative explaining the discrepancy. Note the energy consumption
associated with unconditioned spaces (interior lighting, process loads,
etc.) must be included in the Proposed and Baseline models.*

The discrepancy indicated by the reviewer is due to the fact that the
building has conditioned and unconditioned areas. What is highlighted by
the reviewer is that reported by eQUEST output that considers ONLY the
conditioned areas.
Is there any way to make the output file to depict the unconditioned areas
as well so that the reviewer does not see this as a discrepancy?.

Thanks in advance
Anura

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Your response to the comment should concisely state the reason for the
discrepancy in your initial submission, just as you did below.

Skimming the archives, this may be a quick fix to make the outputs meet the
reviewer?s intuitions - enter the building?s gross area (unconditioned +
conditioned) here.

If that doesn?t correct your BEPU results, you could try switching all
non-plenum SPACEs to ?conditioned? (leaving zone inputs alone). Double
check to ensure this results in identical performance.

If the quick fix didn?t work, I?d probably just do my own sums of
conditioned, non-plenum unconditioned, and gross space areas (starting from
the space loads csv export) and cite/upload my work for resubmission.

~Nick

*NICK CATON, P.E.*
*Owner*

*Caton Energy Consulting*
1150 N. 192nd St., #4-202

Shoreline, WA 98133
office: 785.410.3317

www.catonenergy.com

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*Subject:* [Equest-users] Issue of mis-match in reported building areas -
Reviewer's Comment

Dear All,

This is the comment received by the reviewer:

*The BEPU reports for the Proposed and Baseline models appear to indicate
that the total building area reflected in each model is approximately
231,398 square feet (i.e. 49,982,000 MBtu/216 kBtu per square foot
indicated in the BEPU report for the Baseline model), which is inconsistent
with the total building area of 376,892 square feet indicated in Section
1.1A and Section 1.2 of the form. Revise the Proposed and Baseline models,
Section 1.1A, and Section 1.2, as needed, to reflect the total building
area reflected in the actual design, and/or provide a supplemental
narrative explaining the discrepancy. Note the energy consumption
associated with unconditioned spaces (interior lighting, process loads,
etc.) must be included in the Proposed and Baseline models.*

The discrepancy indicated by the reviewer is due to the fact that the
building has conditioned and unconditioned areas. What is highlighted by
the reviewer is that reported by eQUEST output that considers ONLY the
conditioned areas.

Is there any way to make the output file to depict the unconditioned areas
as well so that the reviewer does not see this as a discrepancy?.

Thanks in advance

Anura

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Anura,

Here is another option. Look at the 'Building Totals' row in the LV-B
report. Please note that this total area also includes the plenum area, so
don't forgot to subtract the plenum area to get the gross building area.
You can find the plenum space type in the first column and the
corresponding space SQFT area in the next-to-last column.

Best regards,
Alamelu

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