Attendees are guaranteed a world class expert on Trace 700. Instructor has three years experience working for Trane C.D.S. and has trained at nearly one-hundred Trace 700 training events.
What’s Included:
Course Packets, breakfast, lunch, snacks and beverages. Attendees will be required to bring laptops with Trace 700 pre-installed.
Laptops with Trace 700 installed are available for trainings booked 3 months in advance. Laptop rental with Trace 700 installed is $40/day.
Session Details
Session 1: Trace for building Designers
This session is an introduction to Trace, but is not limited to beginners. Intermediate and advanced users will benefit from a number of tips and tricks. The primary objective is to learn how to navigate the program and learn to “think” like Trace 700. Even experienced users will have a lot to gain from this course. Specific topics include:
-Explore Trace 700 navigation and differences between design and analysis
-Understand Trace 700 intuitively by comparing the virtual building creation to the construction of the actual building
-How weather is used and edited in Trace
-Learn how Trace determines airflow and supply temperature conditions
-Determine how Trace calculates coil sizes
-Use templates in Trace and develop fast methods of input entry
-Discover how rooms, systems, and plants interact
-Learn how to customize nearly anything in Trace through the use of Libraries
-Understand schedules and the order of operations in the program
-Learn how Trace calculates part load power and energy using unloading curves.
-Use alternatives to make quick changes to the file
Session 2: Trace for detailed analysis
This session assumes one is comfortable with the basic navigation of Trace. In this session, users will work on applied items such as schedules and ice storage systems. Users will expand their input abilities and develop time-saving methods that will help even the most seasoned users of Trace 700. Topics include:
-Alternative methods of input
-Troubleshooting Unmet hours
-Create unloading curves from real equipment data
-How to use the power of Microsoft Excel to quickly troubleshoot and make changes to a Trace file
-How to implement daylighting
-Perform a quick evaluation using the new file wizard
-Discussion on how to estimate time and/or costs to complete an energy model
-Life cycle cost analysis
-Learn how to implement rate structures and the value of understanding what a rate structure means for your energy models.
-Learn how to get quick answers for issues you just can’t resolve
Session 3, LEED, ASHRAE 90.1, and EPACT:
In this session, the focus is on creating a LEED baseline building using ASHRAE 90.1-2007. Basic understanding and navigation of the program is assumed as users begin with a completed file and work on creating a baseline building to evaluate LEED EA credit 1.
-Brief introduction to LEED, USGBC, and ASHRAE 90.1
-Step by step configuration of file to create baseline building
-Learn how to activate custom reports in Trace, and what Trace can do to speed up the process in the near future.
-Gain experience navigating ASHRAE 90.1-2007
-Complete a baseline building for LEED EA credit 1
-Learn the values of energy modeling and EPACT
-Learn how to separate contributions from the envelope, lights, and hvac equipment for EPACT
-Determine the differences between a LEED model and EPACT model
-Gain a further understanding of Trace and refine the skills necessary to stay competitive in the ever increasing population of LEED modelers