Here?s a question about Demand Controlled Ventilation in eQuest. I?m trying
to justify a model I built that uses critical zone DCV. In the past I?ve
simply trusted that eQuest calculates this properly but now I find myself
having to provide backup rationale to the USGBC.

In Volume 6 of the documentation it states: ?Each zone OA requirement is
calculated based upon the hourly maximum of either OA-CFM/PER (times the
NUMBER-OF-PEOPLE adjusted by the hourly PEOPLE-SCHEDULE) or a minimum OA
ventilation rate.? However, ?OA-CFM/PER? is never defined in any other
dictionary, at least not in any manner that would tell you how to change or
input this variable (it is referenced elsewhere). I think this is a typo.
I think the sentence should refer to ?OA-FLOW/PER?, which is a perfectly
transparent and well-behaved user input (so far as I know).

Anyone run across this before? Can anyone confirm that Volume 6 has a typo?

Steve Samenski, PE, LEED AP, BEMP