<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>Your assessment that EnergyPlus is more powerful than eQuest but much less inuitive and user-friendly (for those of us used to graphic interfaces) concurs with my personal observations and what I have heard from my colleagues. <br>
<br>A U.K based company has developed a proprietary software called DesignBuilder that embodies EnergyPlus within an eQuest like user-friendly graphic inteface. <br><br>You can download the software for a 30-day free-trial to evaluate its functionality and capabilities.<br>
<a href="http://www.designbuilder.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.designbuilder.co.uk/</a><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 10:05 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Dan.Monaghan@bentley.com" target="_blank">Dan.Monaghan@bentley.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">Thanks to</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">all</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">the people</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">who</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> responded to my question.</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">A few of you ask me to post the result from my very unscientific survey.</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">The list is split 50%, 50% in their opinion that EnergyPlus will become a natural transition to eQuest.</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">The basic sentiment is that eQuest is recognized to be less capable, but faster and easier to us</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">e.</font></span><span lang="en-us"> </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">However,</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">almost</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">all</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">who responded</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">recognize</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">d</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> that as the demand for high-performance buildings grows, the ability to</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"></font></span><span lang="en-us"><i> <font face="Calibri">accura</font></i></span><span lang="en-us"><i><font face="Calibri">tely</font></i></span><span lang="en-us"><i><font face="Calibri"></font></i></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">predict energy consumption, C02 emissions, occupant</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">comfort</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">and life cycle costs</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">are</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> going to become more important</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">.</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri"> I read this to mean that</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">the</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"></font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">demand for detailed analysis tools</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">like</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> EnergyPuls is likely to increase</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">Someone asked me why Bentley cares. We believe that there’s a hole in the U.S. energy analysis/simulation market. We believe, as this survey indicates, that the tools available to U.S. designers seem to fall into two camps</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">. Tools that are</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">easy-to-use, but inaccurate/incomplete</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">. Or, tools that are</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> precise, but difficult to use and slow. </font></span><span lang="en-us"> </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">Unfortunately, because of this</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> we see</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">:</font></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">1. </font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">Many “green” building don’t live up to the promises </font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">2. </font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">Robust energy simulation is typically reserved for</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">“</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">special</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">”</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> projects</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">,</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> or certain</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">project types.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">3. </font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">Accurate energy analysis is typically siloed, as oppose to integrated into the design process </font></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">As the leader in</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> building</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> engineering and analysis software or mission is “sustaining the worlds infrastructure”. As such we’re working on solving this problem,</font></span><span lang="en-us"> </span><a href="http://www.bentley.com/eps" target="_blank"><span lang="en-us"><u><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri">www.bentley.com/eps</font></u></span><span lang="en-us"></span></a><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"></span></b><b><span lang="en-us"><font size="2" color="#6a6a6a" face="DIN">Dan Monaghan | Global Marketing Manager<br>
Building Performance Group</font></span></b></p>
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