<div dir="ltr"><div>The UnmetHours thread is here <a href="https://unmethours.com/question/12359/equest-geometry-to-energyplus/">https://unmethours.com/question/12359/equest-geometry-to-energyplus/</a><br><br></div>Jamie<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 2:52 PM Brian Fountain via Bldg-sim <<a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="en-US" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:initial" class="gmail_msg"> <div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class="gmail_msg">There is a tool from Quebec called SimEB that is cross platform between DOE-2.1, DOE-2.2 and EnergyPlus. Not sure if it will import an .inp but it may be worth some investigation.</div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class="gmail_msg">I believe the link is <a href="http://www.simeb.ca" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">www.simeb.ca</a> </div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div> <div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class="gmail_msg"><br style="display:initial" class="gmail_msg"></div> <div style="font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class="gmail_msg"></div> <table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px" class="gmail_msg"> <tbody class="gmail_msg"><tr class="gmail_msg"><td colspan="2" style="font-size:initial;text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class="gmail_msg"> <div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-color:rgb(181,196,223);border-top-width:1pt;padding:3pt 0in 0in;font-family:Tahoma,'BB Alpha Sans','Slate Pro';font-size:10pt" class="gmail_msg"> <div class="gmail_msg"><b class="gmail_msg">From: </b>Jim Dirkes via Bldg-sim</div><div class="gmail_msg"><b class="gmail_msg">Sent: </b>Friday, October 7, 2016 4:40 PM</div><div class="gmail_msg"><b class="gmail_msg">To: </b>Samuelson, Holly Wasilowski</div><div class="gmail_msg"><b class="gmail_msg">Reply To: </b>Jim Dirkes</div><div class="gmail_msg"><b class="gmail_msg">Cc: </b><a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a></div><div class="gmail_msg"><b class="gmail_msg">Subject: </b>Re: [Bldg-sim] rebuilding eQuest model in EnergyPlus</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div lang="en-US" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:initial" class="gmail_msg"><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-color:rgb(186,188,209);border-top-width:1pt;font-size:initial;text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class="gmail_msg"></div><br class="gmail_msg"><div id="m_-8429575914919456540_originalContent" class="gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_default gmail_msg" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#b45f06">Holly,</div><div class="gmail_default gmail_msg" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#b45f06">If you can export gbXML from eQuest, I know DesignBuilder can import that format as well as a number of others ... but I've never done it, so I don't know how much detail comes with it :(</div></div><div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg">On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Samuelson, Holly Wasilowski via Bldg-sim <span dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><<a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a>></span> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"><blockquote class="gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="gmail_msg">Do you have any time-saving advice or tips for recreating an eQuest model in EnergyPlus? (We would like to keep most of the geometry, zoning, scheduling, and other inputs as similar as possible, and then be able to take advantage of some E+ functionality.)</p>
<p class="gmail_msg">Thank you in advance for any help!</p>
<p class="gmail_msg">Warmly, </p>
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