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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello All,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am new to eQuest, and I am having trouble understanding
some things in the life cycle costs summary report. I have not been able
to locate any help file information or any information in the forums for this
topic, but if anyone could point me in the right direction either to a help
file or from their own experience, that would be much appreciated. <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'>Under the comparison reports section, on the Life Cycle
Costs Summary Report, I see three areas: Life Cycle Costs, Incremental Life
Cycle Savings, and Cumulative Life Cycle Savings. When I input the
information to populate the life cycle costs area in the EEM Wizard (baseline,
Alt # 1, Alt # 2, …, Alt # n) I am given the option to apply the measure
to the previous entry (default) or to the baseline run, or to any other
previously entered alternative. When I apply the measure to the baseline,
it appears as entered in the life cycle costs area. When I apply the
measure to the previous entry, it appears as the sum of the two entries in the
life cycle costs area. I was wondering if someone could please give me an
example of when applying the measure to the previous entry would be appropriate.
I don’t yet understand why this is beneficial or what information it
provides (it just confuses me </span></font><font size=2 face=Wingdings><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> ). When I
enter the information and apply the measure to the baseline run, I get data
that makes sense to me, and I get an output in the cumulative life-cycle
savings area that matches other software that I am learning. The
Incremental Life Cycle Savings area is a mystery to me. When I input all
of the information applied to the baseline run, in the incremental life cycle
savings area, the entries are evaluated against the entry in the line above,
and the savings are calculated against the line above, not against the baseline.
I don’t understand why this data is important or how this data can be
helpful because I feel like it displays misleading results. Can
someone please explain this method and how it is helpful? I have tried to
make my question clear, but if I haven’t succeeded, please let me know
and I can try to explain it differently. Any help is much
appreciated. Thank you for your time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0000A0'>Kind
regards,</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><strong><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Alison Sloan</span></font></b></strong><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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