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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am graduate student at the Penn State university.
My research is on the energy modeling of strawbale houses situated on the
Northern Plains of US. Briefly explaining my objectives of research, i would be
performing steady state and dynamic tests in labs to determine the R value of
the strawbale specimen. This value would be used in energy modeling software to
simulate the building performance of an already existing strawbale house. The
results of this dynamic simulation would be compared with the temperature data
that are being recorded using HOBO of the existing structure also used for
simulation. For the purpose of simulation, I am considering eQuest
but DOE 3.0 also seems to be appropriate.</FONT><FONT
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My concerns, for which I wish to seek
suggestions, are how do I plug in the R value obtained from the lab
experiments into eQuest. Is it possible to do so with any softwares efficiently.
Also, I am not sure, how would I convert temperature data to be able to compare
them with the results of the simulation model. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any time taken out to put down their thoughts of
suggestions would be sincerely appreciated. <FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>It has been quite interesting to read the various questions, concerns and
comments that come online through this list serve!</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thankyou very much.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Priya</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>P r i y a P r e m c h a n d r a n</DIV>
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n a g m e n t O p t i o n )<BR>D e p t . o f
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4 E n g . U n i t A <BR>P e n n s y l v a n
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6 8 0 2 </DIV>
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<DIV>c e l l : 8 1 4 8 8
0 8 7 3 2<BR>o f f i c e : 8 1 4 8 6
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