[Equest-users] Keyword Expression question

David Reddy david at 360-analytics.com
Fri Mar 16 13:55:11 PDT 2018


Christopher,

I think you are looking for

#SV(#L("TYPE"))==XX,

Where XX corresponds to the integer symbol value assigned in BDL.  
BDLKEY.OUT is where you can find what the symbol values are for a given 
keyword.

Here is the section for the SYSTEM:TYPE command/keyword:

   1> TYPE                                Symbolic Defined    1  100 
(CODE-WORD       )  TABLE =0    1         -9 (* Required *    )
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
PSZ                              TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   19
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
PMZS                             TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   20
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
PVAVS                            TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   21
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
PVVT                             TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   28
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
PTAC                             TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   22
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
HP                               TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   15
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
SZRH                             TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=    2
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
VAVS                             TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   13
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
RHFS                             TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   14
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
DDS                              TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=    4
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
MZS                              TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=    3
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
PIU                              TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   23
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
FC                               TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=    9
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
IU                               TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   11
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
UVT                              TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=    6
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
UHT                              TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=    7
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
HVSYS                            TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   16
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
EVAP-COOL                        TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   26
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
RESYS2                           TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   29
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
RESVVT                           TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   27
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
RESYS                            TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   17
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
SZCI                             TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=    5
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
CBVAV                            TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   18
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
FPH                              TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=    8
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
PTGSD                            TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   25
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
SUM                              TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=    1
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
FNSYS1                           TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   24
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
*UNUSED-TYPE1                    TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   10
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
*UNUSED-TYPE2                    TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   12
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
*SYS-30                          TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   30
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
*SYS-31                          TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   31
                               SYMBOL TABLE ENTRY 
*SYS-32                          TYPE =  100 DEF/REF  -1/ -1      VALUE 
=   32



On 3/16/2018 1:46 PM, Jones, Christopher via Equest-users wrote:
>
> Hello Expressionistas,
>
> Is there a simpler way to achieve #L("TYPE")==#SI("PSZ","SYSTEM","TYPE")
>
> I was thinking there would be a way to return the TYPE number, ie. PSZ 
> = 19, PVAVS = 21, etc.
>
> **
>
> *Christopher R. Jones*, P.Eng.
>
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> *From:*Nicholas Caton [mailto:Nicholas.Caton at schneider-electric.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 15, 2018 3:13 PM
> *To:* Nicholas Caton <Nicholas.Caton at schneider-electric.com>; Daric 
> Adair <Daric.Adair at hendersonengineers.com>; Jones, Christopher 
> <Christopher.r.Jones at wsp.com>; John Aulbach <jra_sac at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* equest-users at onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* RE: [Equest-users] eQuest Generated EFLH
>
> Oh and hey, you can simplify the process I outlined by striking out 
> Step #2 entirely… Custom reporting on the submeter isn’t necessary to 
> generate the submeter PS-F report, but again may be necessary to cover 
> FLEH for schedules and processes that aren’t related by a MULTIPLIER 
> or FRACTION type schedule.
>
> *Nick Caton, P.E., BEMP*
>
> Senior Energy Engineer
> Regional Energy Engineering Manager
>
> Energy and Sustainability Services
> Schneider Electric
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>
> D 913.564.6361
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>
> *From:*Equest-users 
> [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Nicholas Caton via Equest-users
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 15, 2018 2:01 PM
> *To:* Daric Adair <Daric.Adair at hendersonengineers.com 
> <mailto:Daric.Adair at hendersonengineers.com>>; Jones, Christopher 
> <Christopher.r.Jones at wsp.com <mailto:Christopher.r.Jones at wsp.com>>; 
> John Aulbach <jra_sac at yahoo.com <mailto:jra_sac at yahoo.com>>
> *Cc:* equest-users at onebuilding.org <mailto:equest-users at onebuilding.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] eQuest Generated EFLH
>
> Inserting a general caution on leveraging peaks with the suggested 
> consumption/peak PS-F approach…
>
> You would need at least one hour in every fractional schedule at 1.0 
> to fully trust using the peak to derive FLEH from a meter report.  
> That has been the root source of many LEED comments making incorrect 
> conclusions based on FLEH “margin math.”   You will also need to be 
> mindful that each sub-meter is only covering the effects of a single 
> schedule to ensure “coincident peaks” aren’t being conflated with 
> actual peaks under a given end-use (like where you have 4 lighting 
> schedules), similarly messing with your math later.
>
> My concern with “tons of meters” vs. “tons of hourly reports” is that 
> you’re kinda robbing Peter to pay Paul.  It’s a lot of extra reporting 
> and time spent parsing the outputs either way.  My gut likes the 
> **idea** of a custom hourly report approach more, as if you could 
> construct a series of report blocks to replicate every schedule of 
> interest, then you could do all the math in one output file, 
> minimizing hours required for documentation and number-crunching.  My 
> concern however is I don’t think there’s a report block option that 
> lets you simply select the hourly schedule value for just any 
> schedule…  You’ll need to do it indirectly…
>
>
> So… here’s an idea that might combine the best potential of both 
> approaches while minimizing error potential:
>
>  0. Save a separate copy/fork of your model – you’ll want to retain
>     this work for later but you won’t want it in your final model…
>     unless you do some extra legwork to “toggle/flag” these dummy
>     loads into activity.
>  1. Set up a dummy elec meter under EM1 with up to 12 schedules for
>     which you need to document FLEH.  Give each schedule a 1kW Load,
>     and a unique enduse.
>
>  2. Copy the EM1 report block, and reassign it to your dummy meter. 
>     You might actually untick “total end-use energy” as the 13^th
>     entry as that’ll be meaningless later.
>
>  3. Now, if you sum annual kWh for each end-use of the meter (handily
>     done for you within the SIM PS-F reports), it’s equivalently the
>     FLEH (if rounded to the nearest integer):
>
>  4. Set up additional sub-meters to cover schedules in multiples of 12
>     until you’ve covered every schedule for which you need to document
>     FLEH.
>
> This would only work for annual schedules of type FRACTION and 
> MULTIPLIER.  If they’re asking for something like system runtime hours 
> or snap temp loop operations you’ll need to be running custom 
> hourlies, but those could be set up alongside this custom reporting 
> structure as needed.
>
> For what it’s worth, I haven’t submitted a project for LEED v4 review 
> yet, and neither have I seen or reviewed the context under which they 
> are asking for FLEH documentation, but I’d be inclined with my first 
> project to instead take a minimal documentation0 approach on this 
> front and have the reviewer ask in commentary specifically for what 
> they really need. Requiring FLEH for *everything* crosses the line of 
> silly from a (this) reviewers’ perspective.
>
> ~Nick
>
> *Nick Caton, P.E., BEMP*
>
> Senior Energy Engineer
> Regional Energy Engineering Manager
>
> Energy and Sustainability Services
> Schneider Electric
>
> 	
>
> D 913.564.6361
> M 785.410.3317
> F 913.564.6380
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> *From:*Equest-users 
> [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Daric Adair via Equest-users
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 15, 2018 9:27 AM
> *To:* Jones, Christopher <Christopher.r.Jones at wsp.com 
> <mailto:Christopher.r.Jones at wsp.com>>; John Aulbach <jra_sac at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:jra_sac at yahoo.com>>
> *Cc:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org 
> <mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] eQuest Generated EFLH
>
> Oh, I agree, it’s screwy reporting requirements.
>
> The hard thing is its by annual schedule. Not necessarily by fan 
> system or all lighting.
>
> I means around thing might – might be to set the meters based on 
> annual schedule. Then use the PS-F reports to take the 
> consumption/peak to get the EFLH. That avoids a tons of hourly reports 
> but uses potentially a lot of meters. Though, was hoping to avoid this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> *DARIC R ADAIR*PE, CEM, BEMP
> Mechanical Engineer, Energy Analyst
>
> *Henderson Engineers*
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> daric.adair at hendersonengineers.com 
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> *From:*Jones, Christopher [mailto:Christopher.r.Jones at wsp.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 15, 2018 9:11 AM
> *To:* Daric Adair <Daric.Adair at hendersonengineers.com 
> <mailto:Daric.Adair at hendersonengineers.com>>; John Aulbach 
> <jra_sac at yahoo.com <mailto:jra_sac at yahoo.com>>
> *Cc:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org 
> <mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
> *Subject:* RE: [Equest-users] eQuest Generated EFLH
>
> What is the EFLH for lighting controlled by photo sensors? Fans that 
> have VSDs? Etc.? To get accurate EFLH you would need hourly reports.
>
> LEED has some really goofy reporting requirements.
>
> **
>
> *Christopher R. Jones*, P.Eng.
>
> Technical Specialist
>
> Sustainability & Energy
>
> T +1 416-644-0252
>
> 2300 Yonge Street, Suite 2300
>
> Toronto, ON M4P 1E4 Canada
>
> wsp.com
>
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>
> **
>
> /Please consider the environment before printing.../
>
> *From:*Equest-users 
> [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Daric Adair via Equest-users
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 15, 2018 9:45 AM
> *To:* John Aulbach <jra_sac at yahoo.com <mailto:jra_sac at yahoo.com>>; 
> equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org 
> <mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] eQuest Generated EFLH
>
> John & all;
>
> That could work for the plant equipment, but LEEDv4 is requesting EFLH 
> for all annual schedules. We have a project that has 4 different main 
> occupancy times/groups. Which cascades out to occupancy, lighting, 
> fans, etc. Many, many schedules.
>
> I received a separate suggestion to check under File>Export, but none 
> of the 3 options there had anything like the EFLH.
>
> LEED has a ‘calculator’ in their documentation, but its built arround 
> different days/week (which also don’t align in this project). 
> Something could be built in excel to handle this – but I saw little 
> need to recreate the wheel if eQuest/DOE2 does this automatically.
>
> Thanks,
>
> *DARIC R ADAIR*PE, CEM, BEMP
> Mechanical Engineer, Energy Analyst
>
> *Henderson Engineers*
> *Tel* (913) 742-5530
> daric.adair at hendersonengineers.com 
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>
> *From:*John Aulbach [mailto:jra_sac at yahoo.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 14, 2018 7:52 PM
> *To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org 
> <mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] eQuest Generated EFLH
>
> My best guess (assuming you want cooling for example) is to make a 
> single chiller for your building (gotta be PLANT equipment). Figure 
> out the peak cooling load from SS-D and size the chiller accordingly. 
> Run the building. Look in PS-C, with 10% increments of load.
>
> Multiply each 10% load increment (say chiller is 1000 ton, so 100 tons 
> for 10%, 200 tons for 20%, etc) by the number of hours shown for that 
> increment. Take the total ton-hrs and divide by the 1000 ton (for this 
> example).
>
> That should give you equivalent load hours.
>
> John Aulbach, PE
>
> On Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 2:27:48 PM PDT, Daric Adair via 
> Equest-users <equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org 
> <mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know if there is a report or means from eQuest to generate 
> the EFLH (equivalent full load hours) for each schedule?
>
> Colleague of mine believes VistualDOE was able to complete and hoping 
> there is a comparable tool/report.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Thanks,
>
> *DARIC R ADAIR* PE, CEM, BEMP
> Mechanical Engineer, Energy Analyst
>
> *Henderson Engineers*
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