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    Is anybody interested in dueling software?  My idea (and I'm sure
    it's been done before)...<br>
    <br>
    We define an easy building and everybody models it in whatever they
    own and we compare the results.<br>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Robert Wichert P.Eng. LEED AP
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    On 1/18/2012 9:38 PM, Chris Flood wrote:
    <blockquote
      cite="mid:237CF6A2-7ACB-451B-A59E-C388577A5A95@gmail.com"
      type="cite">
      <div>Alex,</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>I would agree with Cheney here. The wizards available in
        eQuest will allow you to create and simulate typical buildings
        and various scenarios relatively quickly and easily and with a
        good level of confidence. The documentation which accompanies
        the eQuest download contains very useful reference and guidance
        documentation.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>Good luck.</div>
      <div>Chris<br>
        <br>
        On 2012-01-18, at 9:20 PM, Cheney <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="mailto:chenyu73@gmail.com">chenyu73@gmail.com</a>>
        wrote:<br>
        <br>
      </div>
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        <div>I do not think it is a good idea for a beginner to start
          with Energy Plus. Bear in mind, it is not so user friendly.
          Even a senior energy modeler may not be able to grasp it
          easily. Equest is more strait-forward to my mind. 
          <div>
            <div><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br>
              </font></div>
            <div><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">Regards, </font></div>
            <div> </div>
            <div><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">Cheney</font></div>
            <div> </div>
            <div><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">LinkedIN @ </font><a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/yu-cheney-chen/27/637/72b"
                target="_blank"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/yu-cheney-chen/27/637/72b</font></a><font
                face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"> </font></div>
            <br>
            <br>
            <br>
            <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 9:13 PM,
              Jeremiah Crossett <span dir="ltr"><<a
                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:jeremiah@setnrgh2o.com">jeremiah@setnrgh2o.com</a>></span>
              wrote:<br>
              <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
                .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                My advise to Alex is to start with Energy Plus, as it
                has the most development put into it and the mose
                capabilities.
                <div>Also Open studio has some great information as to
                  where to start. 
                  <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="http://openstudio.nrel.gov/" target="_blank">http://openstudio.nrel.gov/</a> 
                  <div>
                    <div class="h5"><br>
                      <br>
                      <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at
                        8:50 PM, mark dewsbury <span dir="ltr"><<a
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:Mark.Dewsbury@utas.edu.au"
                            target="_blank">Mark.Dewsbury@utas.edu.au</a>></span>
                        wrote:<br>
                        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0
                          0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
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                            <div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy"
                                  face="Arial"><span
                                    style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Dear
                                    All,</span></font></p>
                              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy"
                                  face="Arial"><span
                                    style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">The
                                    paper from referred to by Alex is no
                                    6-7
                                    years old. There has been a lot of
                                    movement in building simulation
                                    since then. </span></font></p>
                              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy"
                                  face="Arial"><span
                                    style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Has
                                    anyone published formally or
                                    informally anything since 2005? </span></font></p>
                              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy"
                                  face="Arial"><span
                                    style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
                              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy"
                                  face="Arial"><span
                                    style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Thanks</span></font></p>
                              <div>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy"
                                    face="Arial"><span
                                      style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Mark
                                      Dewsbury (PhD)<br>
                                      <br>
                                      Residential Thermal Performance
                                      Research <br>
                                      School of Architecture
                                      & Design<br>
                                      University of Tasmania<br>
                                      Locked Bag 1324<br>
                                      Launceston 7250<br>
                                      Ph: 03 6324 4471<br>
                                      mob: 0417 290 807<br>
                                      fax: 03 6324 4088<br>
                                    </span></font><font color="navy"><span
                                      style="color:navy">e: <a
                                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        href="mailto:mark.dewsbury@utas.edu.au"
title="blocked::mailto:mark.dewsbury@utas.edu.au" target="_blank">mark.dewsbury@utas.edu.au</a></span></font></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy"
                                    face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:navy">Dr Mark Dewsbury is currently a
                                      member of the Nationwide House
                                      Energy Rating Scheme Technical
                                      Advisory Committee (NatHERS TAC) </span></font></p>
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                                  align="center"><font face="Times New
                                    Roman" size="3"><span
                                      style="font-size:12.0pt"
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font
                                      face="Tahoma"><span
                                        style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold"
                                        lang="EN-US">From:</span></font></b><font
                                    face="Tahoma"><span
                                      style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"
                                      lang="EN-US">
                                      leen peeters [mailto:<a
                                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        href="mailto:l.f.r.peeters@gmail.com"
                                        target="_blank">l.f.r.peeters@gmail.com</a>]
                                      <br>
                                      <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
                                      Thursday, 19 January 2012
                                      7:35 AM<br>
                                      <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
                                      Alex Colta<br>
                                      <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b>
                                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org"
                                        target="_blank">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
                                      <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
                                      Re: [Bldg-sim] Building
                                      envelope</span></font><span
                                    lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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                                <div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
                                      New Roman" size="3"><span
                                        style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font
                                        face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
                                          style="font-size:12.0pt">Hi
                                          Alex,</span></font></p>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font
                                        face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
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                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font
                                        face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
                                          style="font-size:12.0pt">welcome
                                          to the world of nerds ;-)</span></font></p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font
                                        face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
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                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font
                                        face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
                                          style="font-size:12.0pt">There
                                          is an intersting document to
                                          start with:</span></font></p>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font
                                        face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
                                          style="font-size:12.0pt"><a
                                            moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/pdfs/contrasting_the_capabilities_of_building_energy_performance_simulation_programs_v1.0.pdf"
                                            target="_blank">http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/pdfs/contrasting_the_capabilities_of_building_energy_performance_simulation_programs_v1.0.pdf</a></span></font></p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font
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                                        face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font
                                        face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
                                          style="font-size:12.0pt">That
                                          will probably get you a nice
                                          intro. If you are into the
                                          maths and
                                          equations, check out Joe
                                          Clarke's book on building
                                          simulation.</span></font></p>
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                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font
                                        face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
                                          style="font-size:12.0pt">Also
                                          Jan Hensen recently published
                                          one on building simulation.</span></font></p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font
                                        face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
                                          style="font-size:12.0pt">Good
                                          luck and welcome!</span></font></p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                                      style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font
                                        face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
                                          style="font-size:12.0pt">Leen</span></font></p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><font
                                        face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
                                          style="font-size:12.0pt">On
                                          Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 9:14 PM,
                                          Alex Colta <<a
                                            moz-do-not-send="true"
                                            href="mailto:alex.colta@rtsbuildingenvelope.com"
                                            target="_blank">alex.colta@rtsbuildingenvelope.com</a>>
                                          wrote:</span></font></p>
                                    <div link="blue" vlink="purple">
                                      <div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><font
                                            face="Times New Roman"
                                            size="3"><span
                                              style="font-size:12.0pt"
                                              lang="EN-US">Good
                                              afternoon <br>
                                              <br>
                                              My name is Alex, and I'm
                                              new to building simulation
                                              world , and i saw you have
                                              many simulation software ,
                                              <br>
                                              <br>
                                            </span></font><strong><b><font
                                                face="Calibri"><span
                                                  style="font-family:Calibri"
                                                  lang="EN-US">1.from my
                                                  understanding the most
                                                  used ones are eQuest
                                                  and Trace 700,
                                                  is it true ?,</span></font></b></strong><span
                                            lang="EN-US"><br>
                                          </span><strong><b><font
                                                face="Calibri"><span
                                                  style="font-family:Calibri"
                                                  lang="EN-US">  
                                                  what the difference
                                                  between these two, </span></font></b></strong><span
                                            lang="EN-US"><br>
                                            <br>
                                          </span><strong><b><font
                                                face="Calibri"><span
                                                  style="font-family:Calibri"
                                                  lang="EN-US">2.i
                                                  would like to simulate
                                                  more building
                                                  envelope, what
                                                  software suit more for
                                                  that
                                                  ?</span></font></b></strong><span
                                            lang="EN-US"><br>
                                            <br>
                                            Thank you very much for your
                                            support  and help <br>
                                            <br>
                                            with best regard <br>
                                            <font color="#888888"><span
                                                style="color:#888888"><br>
                                                <span>Alex</span></span></font></span></p>
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