<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Good morning Namrata,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It appears that the Baseline HVAC system is either System 6 or System 8 with PFPB (parallel fan powered boxes). In eQuest, these two system types cannot be modeled using the Pkgd Var Vol or the Variable Air Volume system types; i.e. PFPBs must be modeled as Powered Induction Units.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The 0.35 W/cfm, 50% peak design , and min 30% are then modeled on the Airflow tab at the zone level, not the system (AHU) level in the Zone Terminal and Fans data entry boxes. (Note that these data entry boxes are grayed out for all system types except Powered Induction Units).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When properly modeled, the 0.35 W/cfm and min 30% will show up in the Fan (kW) and Minimum Flow (FRAC) columns on the SV-A reports.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hope this helps. Thanks, and have a nice day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Sheila Sagerer, BEMP, LEED AP BD+C</b> | Senior Engineer, Building Optimization Practice<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Heapy Engineering | <b>LEED Platinum </b>| <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1/0" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1/0" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.258824);">1400 W Dorothy Lane | Dayton OH 45409</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(P) <a href="tel:937-224-0861" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1/1" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.258824);">937-224-0861</a> | <a href="http://www.heapy.com/">www.heapy.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img border="0" width="191" height="46" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:06E9313F-77F3-49A3-BDD4-B6435C324563" alt="Heapy Logo Green" _mf_state="1" title="null" style="width: 1.9895in; height: 0.4791in;"></span></p></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jan 25, 2019, at 7:11 AM, Sprout Info_Mail via Bldg-sim <<a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dear e-Quest users,</font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We have received a review comment for one of our projects stating: From the simulation report
provided (SV-A System Design Parameters report), it does not appear that the
Baseline fans in parallel VAV fan-powered boxes are sized for 50% of peak
primary airflow and modeled with 0.35 W/cfm (0.74 W/L/s) fan power and a
minimum flow setpoint of 30% of peak (or minimum ventilation rate) per
G3.1.3.14.</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">As required in the comments, the minimum flow setpoint and required peak primary air flow , 0.35 W/cfm were put as inputs in e-quest, however <span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:115%">despite making changes, the fan power has not shown any changes whereas the Ventilation Fan energy consumption increases. I have attached snap shots of the input data and no change in the output tab.</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kindly help regarding this and where i am going wrong.</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Thanking you in advance.</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Regards,</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="">Namrata</font><br><div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial black, sans-serif" size="4"><img src="http://www.sprout-green.com/assets/logo.png"></font></div><div><font size="2" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Thanks and Regards ,</font></div><div><font face="arial black, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Pranati Shroff & Namrata Dhamankar </font></div><div><font face="arial black, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="times new roman, serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61)"><b>a:</b></span> Sprout ,Prabaht Printing Works , </font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="times new roman, serif" size="2">427 Gultekdi, Ind Estate Corner, </font></span></div><div><font color="#444444" face="times new roman, serif" size="2">2nd Floor, Pune-411037</font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="times new roman, serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61)"><b>m:</b></span> 9922215467</font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="times new roman, serif" size="2"><b><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61)">e:</span><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61)"> </span> </b><a href="mailto:info@sprout-green.com" target="_blank">info@sprout-green.com</a> <b><br></b><a href="mailto:projects@sprout-green.com" target="_blank">projects@sprout-green.com</a></font></span></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#999999" face="times new roman, serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><b><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61)">w:</span> </b><a href="http://www.sprout-green.com" target="_blank">www.sprout-green.com</a></span><a href="http://www.sprout-green.com" target="_blank"></a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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