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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Howe, Timothy
[mailto:Timothy.Howe@stantec.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 20, 2009
3:28 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> James Geers; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Equest-users] Hours
outside of throttling range -VAV system</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Go to: Air-side HVAC System Parameters
-> Fans -> Night Cycle Control -> Select: Cycle on any.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
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LEED® AP</span></font></b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
Mechanical Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>James Geers<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 20, 2009
3:13 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Equest-users] Hours
outside of throttling range -VAV system</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I likewise have been having enormous trouble reducing the
hours outside of the throttling range for my design case building.
In the winter months in the morning I will have multiple hours outside of the
throttling range for multiple zones and this exceeds 300 hours.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Things I have varied but did not solve the problem include:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>At this point I am randomly changing
settings to reduce the amount of hours outside of throttle range, but I would
like to have a more deductive process.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I have a suspicion that there was a
setting in the wizard that is overriding my inputs, but that is conjecture.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>My engineer designed the system in
Trane Trace and oversized it by 25% so the designed heating equipment should be
adequate.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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