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<p class=MsoNormal>I’ll be working on an energy modeling project in the
latter part of 2010 and the client requires that all software be formally
validated via Quality Assurance/Quality Control procedures. My question
for the message board is in regard to is there anyone who has gone thru this
process with eQuest specifically and if so, were you able to acquire an example
external source eQuest file (inputs and outputs) so you could reproduce the
same inputs and outputs on the validated software-installed computer? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>On the doe2.com website there is the following…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>DOE-2.2
Reports and Modeling Quality Control Concepts</span></strong><span
style='color:#0070C0'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>(The
DOE-2.2 Reports-and-QC download is a ZIP archive that contains a set of three documents
in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) and example eQUEST/DOE-2.2 input and
DOE-2.2 simulation results output; the documents provide an explanation of the
detailed DOE-2.2 output text results file.):</span><span style='color:#0070C0'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:30.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#0070C0'><a
href="http://doe2.com/download/eQUEST/DOE22Reports-and-QC_2001-06-07.zip"><span
style='color:#0070C0'>http://doe2.com/download/eQUEST/DOE22Reports-and-QC_2001-06-07.zip</span></a></span><span
style='color:#0070C0'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>…but, that link is dead. (anyone have this .zip file
already downloaded??)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>There was a post from 2008:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#0070C0'>><i> Dear all,<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#0070C0'>><i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#0070C0'>><i> Is there any validation or testing form that we can find
e-Quest <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#0070C0'>><i> results are correct.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#0070C0'>><i> like for energy plus has been tested against the IEA
Bestest building <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#0070C0'>><i> load and HVAC test.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Which got this in response:<o:p></o:p></p>
<pre><span style='color:#0070C0'>The results of ASHRAE 140 testing of eQUEST are posted in the doe2.com <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='color:#0070C0'>eQUEST download area:<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='color:#0070C0'><a
href="http://doe2.com/download/equest/ASHRAE_Standard140_DOE22-eQUEST_Results.pdf"><span
style='color:#0070C0'>http://doe2.com/download/equest/ASHRAE_Standard140_DOE22-eQUEST_Results.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>…but where would I be able to find the exact inputs
and outputs used and generated via this ASHRAE 140 test?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Any thoughts or suggestions welcome…thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
<b>Josh Greenfield</b>, </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PE,
REP, LEED AP</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
Energy Services Manager<br>
Associate Vice President<br>
312.242.6392 Direct<br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228'><a
href="blocked::mailto:jgreenfield@primerachicago.com"
title="blocked::mailto:jgreenfield@primerachicago.com"><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F6228'>jgreenfield@primerachicago.com</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Primera Engineers,
Ltd.<br>
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