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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=715543613-25092009>eQuesters,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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As far as I can tell, I'll have to submit four models for LEED
certification:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=715543613-25092009>1. Proposed
building</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=715543613-25092009>2. Baseline building
not rotated</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=715543613-25092009>3. Baseline building
rotated 90 degrees clockwise</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=715543613-25092009>4 Baseline
building rotated 180 degrees</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=715543613-25092009>5. Baseline building
rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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Thusfar, I have composed only my proposed building model. (It required
some changes, but is nearly done.) However, I have not composed any
baseline model. My questions are the following (to which I have found no
answer in online resources):</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=715543613-25092009>1. Should I approach this
by creating 5 separate projects, simulating them, and reporting the results to
USGBC via 5 distinct reports with a supplementary hand-typed summary of the %
energy savings, etc. of the proposed model?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=715543613-25092009>2.
Should I somehow get eQuest to include these 5 different versions in one single
project?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=715543613-25092009>3.
Alternatively, should I have eQuest include the four baseline versions in one
project and somehow get it to average the results, which I will then contrast
with the proposed model's results in a hand-typed summary?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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If question #2 or #3 are answered "yes", then how do I get eQuest, at this
point, to manage multiple model versions in a single
project?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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If question #3 is answered "yes", then how do I get eQuest to average the
results of the four baseline orientations?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=715543613-25092009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=715543613-25092009>
Also, in general, what reports are expected by the USGBC for LEED
evaluation? I've noticed from the online PDFs that there can be billions
of pages of data created. Are the BDL (.inp) file(s) and the
one-page-per-model summary of energy use generated by eQuest
sufficient?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=715543613-25092009>Lars Fetzek,
EI</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=715543613-25092009>Phoenix Engineering
Group</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=715543613-25092009>Tampa,
Florida</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>