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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I think you need to define “automatically” carefully.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>DesignBuilder does a fair amount of the work and Simergy intends to do something similar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>As an example, the proper ASHRAE 90.1 EER / COP is not known until you actually run the simulation and find out the capacity. It seems to me that some of the criteria must be ascertained from a successful simulation before you can have a complete Baseline.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Another example that has been discussed in this forum is calculating the proper fan and pump pressure rise to comply with 90.1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0A3782'>James V Dirkes II, PE, BEMP, LEED AP</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#3434F4'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.buildingperformanceteam.com/"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF'>www.buildingperformanceteam.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF'> <br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'>Energy Analysis, Commissioning & Training Services</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#778188'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#778188'>1631 Acacia Drive, Grand Rapids, MI 49504</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#778188'> USA</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#778188'><br>616 450 8653<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeremiah Crossett<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 07, 2013 12:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> Rosenberg, Michael I<br><b>Cc:</b> bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bldg-sim] Automatic Generation of Baseline Models<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Bentley havacomp AECOSIM does for one..<br clear=all></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#000099;background:white'>Jeremiah D. 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Pritchard St. | Asheboro, NC 27203 | Mobile 503-688-8951</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#999999'><a href="http://www.phasechange.com" target="_blank">www.phasechange.com</a> </span><span style='color:#999999;background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://i.imgur.com/Sldxf.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Rosenberg, Michael I <<a href="mailto:michael.rosenberg@pnnl.gov" target="_blank">michael.rosenberg@pnnl.gov</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I am hoping the building simulation community can help answer a question for me. What software packages out there automatically generate baseline models for the ASHRAE 90.1 Energy Cost Budget Methodology or Appendix G? 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