<html><div style='background-color:'><P>Yes eQuest does do payback analysis. Look under tools for Life-cycle costing. You will have to ues global parameters and th parametric run tool.</P>
<P>check doe2.com for details on the calculation methodology. I recall there is a paper by Prof. Marlin Addison that explains that.</P>
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<P>From: <I>Jaya Mukhopadhyay <jaya_mukho@yahoo.com></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>jaya_mukho@yahoo.com</I><BR>To: <I><bldg-sim@gard.com></I><BR>Subject: <I>[bldg-sim] EQuest capabilities</I><BR>Date: <I>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 07:17:32 -0800 (PST)</I><BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV id=RTEContent>I wanted to know if EQUEST has the capability for doing payback analysis. I was keen to see the impact of using high performance glazing. </DIV>
<DIV>Also, can anybody suggest any other software which has these capabilities?</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks</DIV>
<DIV>Jaya Mukhopadhyay</DIV>
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