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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Josh<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Green Building Studio will run very basic
energy calculations using the gbXML format, but also has the ability to export
to both the energyplus file format and the DOE-2 file format. However, I am not
aware of any software that will directly convert to an *.inp file format.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><b><font size=1 color=navy
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 font-weight:bold'>Alan Jackson</span></font></b></st1:PersonName><b><font
size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold'>, LEED® A.P. <br>
</span></font></b><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Senior Mechanical Engineer<br>
Buro Happold Consulting Engineers, PC<br>
100 Broadway <br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tel: (+1) 212 334 2025<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Direct: (+1) 212 616 0267<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Fax: (+1) 212 334 5528<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Email: <a
href="mailto:alan.jackson@burohappold.com">alan.jackson@burohappold.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.burohappold.com/" title="http://www.burohappold.com/">www.burohappold.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Talbert, Joshua<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 03, 2008
3:51 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Josh Talbert (E-mail)<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Bldg-sim] Equest and
gbXML import</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hello All,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I am a moderately experienced Equest user and a first
time inquirer to the Bldg Sim forum, and I have just been posed with a question
from my boss to which I don’t know the answer.  Is it possible to
import a gbXML file into Equest? We are trying to collaborate our design
efforts with our client, an architect working in Revit, who has send us a gbXML
file to use for our energy modeling purposes.  Are their other software
suites that will convert gbXML to a regular Equest *.inp file?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I look forward to working with and contributing
further with you all at the Bldg Sim forum.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Happy New Year,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Josh Talbert  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:#003366'>Joshua W. Talbert<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Papyrus><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:#003366'>Mechanical Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#003366'>Hallam</span></font><b><font
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color="#003366" face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
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  color="#003366" face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
  font-family:Arial;color:#003366'>38 Eastwood Dr. Suite 200</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
size=2 color="#003366" face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
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 font-family:Arial;color:#003366'>, <st1:State w:st="on">VT</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
 w:st="on">05403</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font size=2
color="#003366" face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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