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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><FONT face=Calibri>I don�t think there is need for �</FONT><FONT face=Calibri><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">sponsoring a project to develop (1) job task analyses (JTAs), which identify and catalog all of the activities a worker performs in a given job; and (2) the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs), which define the minimum requirements necessary for a person to adequately<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>perform those tasks, for the following six commercial building job categories: - Energy modeler - Operating engineer/building technician - Building energy auditor - Energy/sustainability manager - Commissioning/retro- commissioning practitioner - Facility manager</I>�.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><FONT face=Calibri>A JTA is not required for US President.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Energy analyst is not equivalent to a surgeon.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Life is not at stake.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But there is a need for such a document for education and certification.<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><FONT face=Calibri>At large A-E design firms the task of using energy programs is usually assigned to mechanical engineers who have recently graduated because engineering theory is fresh in their minds.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The programs are based on physics and engineering theory.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A 1 or 2 year graduate program would save the A-E design firm of the expense learning this subject on the job.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><FONT face=Calibri>However a program like eQUEST can be used by someone with little knowledge of theory.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is like driving a car without knowing the theory of internal combustion engine.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The analogy should be the car designer and not the driver.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Education (not 3 day seminars but 2 year graduate programs) and certification are important but so also is design experience to perform the energy analysis within a full understanding of the building life-cycle process. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><FONT face=Calibri>Why is there so much emphasis on building energy modeling and simulation?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The importance of this work is exaggerated.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><FONT face=Calibri>The results of energy programs are not used in design and therefore not used in construction and operation. Energy program results are used to compare alternative design options and make decisions when selecting envelope, systems and plant.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They are also used to show energy code compliance and for sustainable buildings certification.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><FONT face=Calibri>A-E design affects the building products & equipment selected, construction and operation. <o:p></o:p>Design decisions are also based on * first & maintenance costs; * reliability & durability of systems, plant and equipment; <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>* ease of operation and maintenance; * availability of parts & maintenance staff at the location; * environmental impacts.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><FONT face=Calibri>Given a set of drawings, schedules and specifications, two expert users of the same energy program will come up with different results.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The same person using different energy programs will have different results.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The results of energy programs for energy code compliance and for sustainable buildings certification are rarely checked with the completed building performance in operation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I cannot find this information for any energy program.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>
There is also no information of which energy program was used for a LEED certified building and for all buildings that now have to comply with energy codes.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><FONT face=Calibri>California and Florida had energy codes before the year 2000.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Most other States introduced energy codes after 2000.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>10CFR434 is not stringent.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Computer energy analysis before the year 2000 was rarely done but the buildings were designed for efficient energy use by reputable A-E design firms. ASHRAE Std. 90.1 describes standard existing practice (except the 40% windows) by A-E design firms.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><FONT face=Calibri>One million sqft office bldg (40 stories, 25,000 sqft/floor) in a large city downtown (including the land) costs $250 million at $250/sqft.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The A-E design fee is 3% or $7.5 million.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At an average A-E labor cost of $100/hour (including overheads) the design time is 75,000 hours. Energy analysis of an office bldg using eQUEST or TRACE takes about 100 hours (2.5 weeks at 40 hours/week) or 0.13 % of A-E design time or 0.004% of total building cost. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><FONT face=Calibri><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin">The importance of building energy analysis is inflated.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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