PTACs and Natural Ventilation

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All,

I am presently modeling a residential building in Equest. The baseline
system is PTACs. The building will have Natural Ventilation. No matter
what I do, natural ventilation is not available for PTACs. Per DOE-2...

The following "VENT" keywords apply to natural ventilation through open
windows. They apply only to system TYPE = RESYS, RESYS2, PSZ, PVVT and
EVAP-COOL.

Is this a fatal flaw with Equest? Has anyone found a work around? My only
solution is to change the system type to RESYS.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Joshua W. Chapman, P.E., LEED AP

Joshua W. Chapman PE, LEED AP Scot Engineering Inc. 509 Germantown Pike Building 2 Lafayette Hill PA 19444 O1: 215.774.1429
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