[Equest-users] Central PV system contribution to single building‏

[Brian Fountain]

eQUEST will model PV.  You can create a "sale electric meter" which will 
be used for electricity that is generated by the PV system and not used 
in the building.

I have only played with one eQUEST model that included PV (a 2 kW 
residential application that was close to home) but its results and 
those of RETScreen were quite similar.  RETScreen is quick so good for 
validating results.

On 20/11/2015 1:02 AM, zhouzarah wrote:
> Dear Javed,
>
> Thank you for the reply. I think Retscreen can help with the PV power 
> generation.
> Maybe I did not express my question clearly, The PV power capacity has 
> been identified and it will connect to several buildings, my building 
> is one of them. I do not know how to estimate the amount of green 
> power from PV to my building, as we are applying for LEED credit (EA c2).
>
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> From: eee.javed at gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 09:06:12 +0530
> Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Central PV system contribution to single 
> building‏
> To: zarahzhou at hotmail.com
>
> Dear Zarah,
>
> You can use many software like PVwatts <http://pvwatts.nrel.gov/>, 
> Restscreen <http://www.retscreen.net/> and PVSyst for this PV power 
> generation analysis. Once yo know power consumption for the building 
> after the Energy simulation (BEPS, BEPU reports), then based on that 
> you can target PV installation capacity.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 7:40 AM, zhouzarah <zarahzhou at hotmail.com 
> <mailto:zarahzhou at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Dear eQuesters,
>
>     I am working on a LEED certification for one building in an
>     industry park. The park has a solar PV system serving several
>     buildings. So I do not think I can simulate the PV systems
>     directly in eQUEST to get its share to the LEED target building. 
>     My question is how to estimate the PV generated electricity to my
>     building? Should I prorate the PV electricity based on those
>     buildings' energy use, or there is a better way to do the
>     calculation/estimation in the design phase? Any comment is
>     appreciated!
>
>     Best regards,
>
>     Zarah
>
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> Javed Iqbal, LEED AP, CEA
> Sr. Energy Analyst
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