[Equest-users] Multi Unit Residential Building with Baseboard

[Michael Campbell via Equest-users]

Ali,

If you can share your INP and PD2 files someone can take a look at your
model to get a better idea of what's going on.

On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 3:34 PM, via Equest-users <
equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org> wrote:

> Hi folks,
> I am using eQUEST to model electric baseboard heating with ventilation in
> a multi-story residential building. I set electric baseboards at the zone
> level, and chose packaged single zone (no heating and only baseboard) at
> the system level to model the ventilation. The model runs and gives me
> zero unmet hours, but the electricity consumption for baseboards is less
> than what I am expecting.
>
> The total building load in LS-F report seems to be right, and quite aligns
> with my expectation. Now, this load must be met via baseboards that are
> installed in the residential units. Also, the baseboards must provide heat
> to heat up the constant running fans for the dedicated outdoor air that I
> assigned to each zone.
>
> The electricity consumption that I get in BEPS report is only enough to
> meet the building load (as reported in LS-F) but not large enough to heat
> up the OA. I did a simple hand calculation for one space during Jan, and
> the values  for electricity consumption in baseboards are off by 40%.
>
> Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong here?
>
> P.S., for the purpose of dedicated outdoor air I set a 24/7 “ON” schedule
> for fans that blow into each unit.
>
> Thanks for your comments
> Ali Mo, EIT
> Design Engineer
>
>
>
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