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<DIV>This 3-D view is created from the Schematic Mode. If you are in the Design Development Wizard, and you HAVE a shell created for every floor, you need to UNcheck the "Floor Mulitpliers" check box on the first screen. Your floors should then appear.</DIV>
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<DIV>John Aulbach<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 4/13/09, Kalianda, Angelina <I><Angelina.Kalianda@aecom.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have a similar question regarding “floating building”. I had a multiple of 16 floor “above grade” to model 16 stories with the same floor plan. But in the 3d view, it shows only a few of the floors, the rest of them are missing (middle floors). The info explanation says that the program only models 3 floors (bottom, middle and top) and multiplies the middle floors. The energy usage seems to include those “missing floors”. Is it just a program fluke in the 3d view?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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 10:56 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></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Have any of you seen the following error:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"Error retrieving EG_MoEU_ED CSV simulation results for table 'Electric Consumption (kWh)' (returned -3)"?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Antonio Mendoza</SPAN></FONT></B></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt">architecture<FONT color=red><SPAN style="COLOR: red">|</SPAN></FONT>engineering<FONT color=red><SPAN style="COLOR: red">|</SPAN></FONT>interior design</SPAN></FONT></B></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">228 East 45th Street</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">212.681.0200 x221 (phone) </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">212.681.0201 (fax)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A rel=nofollow>www.highlandassociates.com</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">HIGHLAND <FONT color=red><SPAN style="COLOR: red">ASSOCIATES</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></B></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt">architecture<FONT color=red><SPAN style="COLOR: red">|</SPAN></FONT>engineering<FONT color=red><SPAN style="COLOR: red">|</SPAN></FONT>interior design</SPAN></FONT></B></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">228 East 45th Street</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">New York, NY 10017</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">212.681.0200 x221 (phone) </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">212.681.0201 (fax)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A rel=nofollow>www.highlandassociates.com</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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