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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"><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 COLOR="#6A6A6A" SIZE=2 FACE="DIN">Dan Monaghan | Global Marketing Manager<BR>
Building Performance Group</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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