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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I believe that this </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>error EG_MoEU_ED
CSV is a result<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> of the file name
having a period “.” in it. Try using a comma rather than a period. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>File name that will result in the error: MyProject-90.1-2004.pd2<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>File name that will not result in the
error: MyProject-90,1-2004.pd2<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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'>
equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Antonio Mendoza<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, April 13, 2009 11:56
AM<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> Re: [Equest-users] eQuest
Program Help</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'>Thank you guys for your help on my e-mail
below. It was extremely helpful and I was able to figure out the
"floating building" issue as well as gain a better understanding
about the program... </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Have any of you seen the following error:</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'>"Error retrieving EG_MoEU_ED CSV
simulation results for table 'Electric Consumption (kWh)' (returned -3)"?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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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'>I'm assuming it has something to do with
my Utilities inputs, but I was able to run a similar simulation with the same
Utilities inputs and I didn't have any issues with that simulation.</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'>Any insights? </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Thank you,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Antonio
Mendoza<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><st1:place w:st="on"><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>HIGHLAND</span></font></b></st1:place><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> <font color=red><span style='color:red'>ASSOCIATES<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></b></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:bold'>architecture<font
color=red><span style='color:red'>|</span></font>engineering<font color=red><span
style='color:red'>|</span></font>interior design<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>228
East 45th Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>New
York</span></font></st1:City><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">NY</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">10017</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>212.681.0200 x221 (phone) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>212.681.0201 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="outbind://25/www.highlandassociates.com">www.highlandassociates.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>amendoza@ha-ny.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><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'> Antonio
Mendoza <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, April 06, 2009 3:39
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 Program Help</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>To my fellow eQuets users:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have the following questions regarding the eQuest program
and I was wondering if someone could help me out (I am self taught and still
new to the program, so please forgive my lack of knowledge):</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1) I am currently modeling a building with
a custom footprint shape. Different parts of my building have floors at
varying elevations (i.e. I have a gym that is 45' high with the floor at ground
level connected to a multi-story exercise complex with 3 floors including a
basement and all this is connected to another gym that is 30' high with the
floor at basement level). Due to the complexity of the shape, I have
chosen to model the building using seperate shells (one shell for each
floor of the multi-story exercise complex and two seperate shells for the
two seperate gyms). I have located the first input shell 'via
coordinates' and then the following shells via coordinates in reference to the
first input shell. After going through the motions of modeling the rest
of the building I click on the 3-D geometry view tab and the building shells
are floating in different locations, not attached to one another like
I (thought I) specified. What could possilby be the cause of this?
And, how do I fix it so that the shells are attached?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>2) After running a simulation of the
building, I obtain graphical results of the "baseline design".
Is this the building as described by my design? Initially, I thought that
this was my "as-designed" building. However, the energy
analysis calls for my design to be compared to the baseline design? The
title "baseline design" is confusing me. If this is not my
designed building, how can I view the performance of my designed
building. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>3) It seems that the only options to
compare the inputs with are for California T-24 Code. Is there a way to
compare the results to ASHRAE 90.1 in the eQuest program?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I know I sound extremely confused and that is because I
truly am. I appreciate any help that anyone can give me.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thank you,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Antonio
Mendoza<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><st1:place w:st="on"><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>HIGHLAND</span></font></b></st1:place><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> <font color=red><span style='color:red'>ASSOCIATES<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></b></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:bold'>architecture<font
color=red><span style='color:red'>|</span></font>engineering<font color=red><span
style='color:red'>|</span></font>interior design<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>228
East 45th Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>New
York</span></font></st1:City><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">NY</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">10017</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>212.681.0200 x221 (phone) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>212.681.0201 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="outbind://92/www.highlandassociates.com">www.highlandassociates.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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