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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings I have just started using eQuest and am
working on a relatively simple model (not Tilte 24).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was considering EnergyPro but was persuaded to go
with eQuest.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am getting the impression from these dialogues
(as well as others) over the past week that EnergyPro is a much better
program. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Personally, I have been getting very frustrated
with eQuest just in trying to model a basic building - 3 floors with different
occupancys/construction; editing schedules, modeling existing HVAC
systems.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is that a general consensous?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>W. Peter Anderson, P.E<BR>JP
Engineering<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<A title=gmehta75@gmail.com href="mailto:gmehta75@gmail.com">gaurav mehta</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=Bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 24, 2008 1:00
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bldg-sim] Title-24 modeling
w/ eQUEST</DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I ran into a similar problem myself and it was
just a few days before the deadline. Having received no support from
the eQuest developers, I had to rebuild the model in EnergyPro. </SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">However, I would like to add here that the
project I was dealing with has a complex geometry- the whole
building is curvilinear and has sloping roofs and it helped that I
had a 3D eQuest model. I had to print some 170 pages (85 back to
back) of LV-C Report and then input some 120 or so external walls and
roofs into EnergyPro. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I was not
at all happy doing that in a matter of 1 day (and
night). </SPAN></P>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In case my email gives an impression of being
positive in terms of Title 24 compliance and using eQuest then I would like
emphasize - I would never ever use eQuest for Title 24 compliance.
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Best regards,</SPAN></P>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Gaurav Mehta</SPAN></P>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sustainable Building Analyst</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Stantec Consulting</SPAN></P><BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 1/24/08, <B class=gmail_sendername>Ellen
Franconi</B> <<A
href="mailto:EFranconi@archenergy.com">EFranconi@archenergy.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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<DIV>We haven't had much success using the Title-24 wizard within eQUEST. We
get errors that we can't track that prevent the proposed design from
demonstrating compliance. We've gotten simple buildings to work but none of
the more complex ones that we usually construct. While we have contacted the
eQUEST developers, we have not received any support to aid us in trouble
shooting the errors. As a result, we have had to build a second model in
EnergyPro so that we could demonstrate compliance. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>What has other people's experience been? Have other firms also had
problems with the Title-24 wizard? If so, do you use eQUEST in
conjunction with EnergyPro? Do you do all the design assistance analysis AND
the compliance analysis in EnergyPro? And then for CA projects there may
also be a need to do Savings-By-Design calculations? Are people running into
the same problem there with eQUEST? </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks for any insights you can provide.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Ellen</DIV>
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<DIV>Ellen Franconi, Ph.D., LEED AP</DIV>
<DIV>Energy Analysis Group Manager</DIV>
<DIV>Architectural Energy Corporation</DIV>
<DIV>2540 Frontier Avenue</DIV>
<DIV>Boulder, CO 80301</DIV>
<DIV>tel. 303-444-4149</DIV>
<DIV>fax 303-444-4303</DIV>
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