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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'>eQUEST comes with a “compliance
engine” which will automatically create the reference case; but the
reference building rule set for ASHRAE 90.1 has not been created (or has not
been publicly released) that I am aware of.  See volume 5 of the eQUEST
documentation.</span></font></p>

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<p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy'>_____________________________________________________<br>
GreenSim<br>
Building Energy Performance Solutions </span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> bldg-sim@gard.com
[mailto:bldg-sim@gard.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Dahlstrom,
Aaron<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>January 23,
 2007</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
 style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>3:52 PM</span></font><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> bldg-sim@gard.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [bldg-sim] creating
budget cases</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>One of tasks I find myself doing
repeatedly is creating budget cases, both for compliance and performance
modeling.</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I've been wondering if automated
software could take a design building and automatically create the budget
case.</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I'm currently modeling in VisDOE and
eQuest and may soon expand to TRNSYS.</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Has anyone seen such add-ons for:</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>- ASHRAE 90.1-2001</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>- ASHRAE 90.1- 2004 ECB, and / or</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>- ASHRAE 90.1-2004 App. G?</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks,</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><em><i><font size=3
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>Aaron
Dahlstrom</span></font></i></em></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>AKF Engineers, LLP<br>
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Phone:   (215) 282-2169<br>
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color=black><span style='color:black'>www.akf-engineers.com</span></font></a></span></font></p>

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