<BODY><P>Ref: eQUEST seminar at IIT.</P>
<P>I have been told that Caroline Morais has not yet returned from her home country of Brazil because of family illness. Below is the link to preliminary information about the eQUEST seminar at IIT in March. </P>
<P> <A href="http://www.iit.edu/~archdoc/energyseminar3.html">http://www.iit.edu/~archdoc/energyseminar3.html</A></P>
<P>Please excuse the errors such as Michael Witte teaching VisualDOE. I have proposed inserting one-day training for the DesignBuilder program (graphics and forms interface to EnergyPlus) after the two-day EnergyPlus seminar. eQUEST is two days. The seminars are held in the computer lab, but you can bring your own laptop. Registration can be for one day or with fee discounts for combinations of two to five days. Arrangements for registration and credit card payments will be announced later. Fees have not been determined. The fees for seminars last year included breakfast lunch and afternoon snack. </P>
<P>Let us know about your interest in attending the seminar. </P>
<P>Varkie<BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: Jeff Hirsch <Jeff.Hirsch@DOE2.com> <BR>Date: Friday, February 1, 2008 11:05 am <BR>Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] eQuest Training <BR>To: bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org <BR><BR>> The following post is being done for Marlin Addison <BR>> <BR>> Sorry to be slow in responding to this eQUEST training question. <BR>> The current list of scheduled public events that I am instructing <BR>> is provided below. I am not aware of any other events focused on <BR>> eQUEST training. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> I prefer to arrange eQUEST training so that, like eQUEST itself, <BR>> the training gets delivered at a low cost to the participants. I <BR>> have found that presenting workshops online to be much less <BR>> effective than in-person events. Online events seem best for <BR>> limited sessions, i.e., 1 to 2 hours. Considering the potential to <BR>> reduce travel-related emissions, we (the eQUEST devel
opment team) <BR>> will undoubtedly expand this vehicle for training. This option <BR>> seems especially attractive for international users. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Low cost in-person public events usually require a local sponsor <BR>> willing to underwrite some or all of the costs. If anyone can <BR>> suggest a potential sponsor, e.g., utility, state energy office, <BR>> university or community college, or local chapters of USGBC, <BR>> ASHRAE, AIA, etc., please let me know and I'll work with you to <BR>> get a public eQUEST event organized. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Regarding training materials, the main items I rely on are <BR>> publicly available at DOE2.com (i.e., the Overview and <BR>> Introductory Tutorial) or soon will be. Two new items include the <BR>> 'eQUEST Modeling Procedures Quick Reference Guide' and the 'eQUEST <BR>> Life-Cycle Cost Tutorial'. Both are temporarily available at <BR>> <BR>> http://doe2.com/msa
/eQUEST-Modeling-Procedures-Quick-Ref-Guide.zip <BR>> (~8 MB) <BR>> <BR>> http://doe2.com/msa/eQUEST-Life-Cycle-Cost-Tutorial.zip (~7 MB) <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> These two new items will become part of the setup.exe file for the <BR>> next version of eQUEST (i.e., part of the eQUEST download). Once <BR>> the next version of eQUEST is posted, the links above will be <BR>> removed. An annotated example set of SIM file reports that I use <BR>> in training seminars will be updated and also included in the <BR>> v3.62 download. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> The scope of these training and tutorial items has caused me to <BR>> limit eQUEST training events to 'Introductory' and 'Intermediate' <BR>> classes. Later this year I intend to add sufficient material to <BR>> the Quick Reference Guide to provide suitable examples for a more <BR>> advanced eQUEST class. Suggestions for topics to add to the Quick <BR>> Reference Guide would be we
lcomed. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Regarding qualifications to teach an eQuest course, the eQUEST <BR>> development group doesn't vet or recommend ANY eQUEST consultants <BR>> or trainers. Just as anyone can offer eQUEST-based consulting <BR>> services, anyone should feel free to provide eQUEST training. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Regarding the next version of eQUEST, version 3.62, we've been <BR>> delayed by ongoing parallel development work but plan to post a <BR>> new version of eQUEST in the 'very near' future. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> To reiterate, if anyone can suggest a potential sponsor for a <BR>> public eQUEST training event, let me know and I'll work with you <BR>> to get something organized in your area. In the past, this <BR>> suggestion has usually lead to in-house events that end up closed <BR>> to the public. To facilitate public events, I will begin to limit <BR>> the in-house events I present, so if you can s
uggest a sponsor for <BR>> a public eQUEST event, please contact me and I will follow-up. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Marlin Addison <BR>> <BR>> marlin.addison@doe2.com <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Upcoming eQUEST training events that have specific dates and <BR>> locations: <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 13Feb08, "Schematic Design Using eQUEST", One-Day Hands-On <BR>> Introductory eQUEST Training. Location: Irwindale, CA. Sponsor: <BR>> Southern California Edison (SCE). Details: <BR>> https://www.sce.com/ECR/EnergyCenterClassSchedule.aspx?ORG=CTAC,OTHER <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 4-5Mar08, "Introductory and Intermediate eQUEST Training", Two - <BR>> Day eQUEST training workshops. Location: San Francisco, CA. <BR>> Sponsor: PG&E's Pacific Energy Center. Details: <BR>> http://www.pge.com/education_training/classes/energy_efficiency/. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 17-18Mar08, "Introductory and Intermediate eQUEST Training", Two
- <BR>> Day eQUEST training workshop. Location: Kansas City, MO. Sponsor: <BR>> Kansas Building Science Institute. Details are NOT yet online. <BR>> Email Gene Meyer at gene.kbsi@cox.net. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 19Mar08, "Detailed Design Using eQUEST", One-Day Hands-On <BR>> Intermediate eQUEST Training. Location: Irwindale, CA. Sponsor: <BR>> Southern California Edison (SCE). Details: <BR>> https://www.sce.com/ECR/EnergyCenterClassSchedule.aspx?ORG=CTAC,OTHER <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 20-21Mar08, "Introductory and Intermediate eQUEST Training", Two- <BR>> Day eQUEST training workshop. Location: Chicago, IL. Sponsor: <BR>> Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Details are NOT yet <BR>> online. Email Caroline Morais at arch_phd@iit.edu. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 2-3Apr08, "Introductory and Intermediate eQUEST Training", Two-Day <BR>> eQUEST training workshop. Location: (Waukesha) Milwaukee, WI. <BR>> Sponsor: Energy Center of Wi
sconsin. Details: www.ecw.org/equest <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 9Apr08, "Introduction to Life-Cycle Costing", Half-Day <BR>> Introduction to Life-Cycle Costing (includes LCC using eQUEST) - <BR>> NOT hands-on. Location: Irwindale, CA. Sponsor: Southern <BR>> California Edison (SCE). The date for this event is firm but the <BR>> second quarter schedule has not yet been posted. Check later for <BR>> details at: <BR>> https://www.sce.com/ECR/EnergyCenterClassSchedule.aspx?ORG=CTAC,OTHER <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 14May08, "Schematic Design Using eQUEST", One-Day Hands-On <BR>> Introductory eQUEST Training. Location: Irwindale, CA. Sponsor: <BR>> Southern California Edison (SCE). Details: <BR>> https://www.sce.com/ECR/EnergyCenterClassSchedule.aspx?ORG=CTAC,OTHER <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 17Jun08, "Detailed Design Using eQUEST", One-Day Hands-On <BR>> Intermediate eQUEST Training. Location: Irwindale, CA. Sponsor: <BR>> Southern Californ
ia Edison (SCE). Check later for details at: <BR>> https://www.sce.com/ECR/EnergyCenterClassSchedule.aspx?ORG=CTAC,OTHER <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 18Jun08, "Introduction to Life-Cycle Costing", Half-Day <BR>> Introduction to Life-Cycle Costing (includes LCC using eQUEST) - <BR>> NOT hands-on. Location: Irwindale, CA. Sponsor: Southern <BR>> California Edison (SCE). Check later for details at: <BR>> https://www.sce.com/ECR/EnergyCenterClassSchedule.aspx?ORG=CTAC,OTHER <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 23Jul08, "Schematic Design Using eQUEST", One-Day Hands-On <BR>> Introductory eQUEST Training. Location: Irwindale, CA. Sponsor: <BR>> Southern California Edison (SCE). Check later for details at: <BR>> https://www.sce.com/ECR/EnergyCenterClassSchedule.aspx?ORG=CTAC,OTHER <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 13Aug08, "Detailed Design Using eQUEST", One-Day Hands-On <BR>> Intermediate eQUEST Training. Location: Irwindale, CA. Sponsor: <BR>> Southern California Edison
(SCE). Check later for details at: <BR>> https://www.sce.com/ECR/EnergyCenterClassSchedule.aspx?ORG=CTAC,OTHER <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 10Sep08, "Schematic Design Using eQUEST", One-Day Hands-On <BR>> Introductory eQUEST Training. Location: Irwindale, CA. Sponsor: <BR>> Southern California Edison (SCE). Check later for details at: <BR>> https://www.sce.com/ECR/EnergyCenterClassSchedule.aspx?ORG=CTAC,OTHER <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 25Sep08, "Introduction to Life-Cycle Costing", Half-Day <BR>> Introduction to Life-Cycle Costing (includes LCC using eQUEST) - <BR>> NOT hands-on. Location: Irwindale, CA. Sponsor: Southern <BR>> California Edison (SCE). Check later for details at: <BR>> https://www.sce.com/ECR/EnergyCenterClassSchedule.aspx?ORG=CTAC,OTHER <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 16Oct08, "Detailed Design Using eQUEST", One-Day Hands-On <BR>> Intermediate eQUEST Training. Location: Irwindale, CA. Sponsor: <BR>> Southern California Edison
(SCE). Check later for details at: <BR>> https://www.sce.com/ECR/EnergyCenterClassSchedule.aspx?ORG=CTAC,OTHER <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Marlin S. Addison <BR>> M.S. Addison and Associates <BR>> 1215 West 12th Place <BR>> Tempe, AZ 85281 <BR>> 480-968-2040 (direct) <BR>> 480-968-2053 (fax) <BR>> marlin.addison@doe2.com <BR>> <BR>> </P></BODY>