<div>Hi Steve,</div> <div> </div> <div>I checked the DOE2 dictionary and found the calcuated U-Value of the exterior wall doesn't include the outside air film in the mode of detailed date edit. Based the U-Value of the exterial wall I got from the detailed output file, the U-Value of the outside air film is 0.4 But/h.ft2.F. I guess I should include it in the as part of the wall assembly in order to meet the requirements of ASHRAE 90.1. However, in appredix A the U-Value of the outside air film is 0.17. Does eQUEST use different U-Value for the outside air film?</div> <div> </div> <div>For Wall Below Grade, the C-factor is 1.14 for the baseline model. I chose 8" HW concrete (cc05) from DOE2 library because there is no 8" mediate weight concrete with the density of 115 lbs/ft3 that has C-factor of 1.14 excluding the outside and inside air films or soil. </div> <div> </div> <div>I really
appreciate if you could give some feedback about the model setup. </div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks a lot</div> <div> </div> <div>Shaojie <BR><BR><B><I>Steven Gates <stvgates@pacbell.net></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)" name=Generator> <STYLE> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </STYLE> <STYLE> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;
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FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Steve Gates<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>eric wang<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, June 17, 2008 1:58 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Equest-users] Allocation of Equipment Energy</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV id=yiv453898705> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hello,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I am new to eQUEST and now is modeling a office building. Afer I ran the simulation for the building peformance analysis. I got the error messages for each thermal zone in the detailed output files.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New
Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">**WARNING**********************************************************************</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> Zone: EL1 West Perim Zn (G.W1) could not successfully</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> allocate all equipment energy to the 5-minute bins</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New"
size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> because of an equipment overload. The peak load</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> used in ECONOMICS will not include the fraction due</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> to the overload, but the PLANT reports will.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">
Mon/Day/Hour: 1 2 8 Energy: 22.9 Unallocated: 2.921</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">In my model, actually I didn't define the equipment load. Only internal load is the lighting load. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix the problem?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thanks a lot<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div
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