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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If you’re just designing offices,
strip malls, churches, etc., then the Trane program is much, much quicker, and
any difference in accuracy is smaller than the uncertainty embedded in your assumptions. 
(e.g., will the customer add more equipment, leave the door open, keep the
blinds open, etc.)  <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>Hernandez, Arturo<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, November 05, 2009
9:27 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> James Hess; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Equest-users] HVAC
Loads Based on eQuest</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I guess the problem is when calculating
loads you may want to be a little more conservative with you internal loads and
when you are doing energy modeling you want to be more exact with your
assumptions. In addition, my understanding is that internal loads contribute to
space heating in eQuest load calcs. Which something that many engineers would
not feel comfortable with. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=1 color="#666666"
face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;
font-weight:bold'>ARTURO HERNANDEZ, Mechanical Engineering</span></font></b><font
size=1 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green'><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>James Hess<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, November 05, 2009
10:03 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Equest-users] HVAC
Loads Based on eQuest<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>That’s the way are offices
typically do it as well (i.e. Trace for loads, eQuest for energy).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I have found that when both programs use
the same inputs for envelope, lighting, misc equipment, etc., the two programs
produce results that are pretty close.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 color="#00b050" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#00B050;font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>James A.  <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Hess</st1:City>,
 <st1:State w:st="on">PE</st1:State></st1:place>, CEM</span></font></i></b><font
size=3 color="#00b050" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#00B050'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Energy Engineer</span></font><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>TME, Inc.</span></font><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
  face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Little
  Rock</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
 style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, <st1:State w:st="on">AR</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ph   501-666-6776</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>cell  501-351-4667<font
color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue'><a
href="mailto:email@tmecorp.com">jhess@tmecorp.com</a></span></font><font
color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></u></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>Hernandez, Arturo<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, November 05, 2009
9:13 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Equest-users] HVAC Loads
Based on eQuest<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Just
wondering… Has anyone based their HVAC design on eQuest results?
Typically we us Trane Trace for load calcs and do our energy models in eQuest.
However, this questions was brought up in our office. I just wanted to see what
everyone thought of this matter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=1 color="#666666" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#666666;font-weight:bold'>Arturo
Hernandez</span></font></b><font size=1 color=green face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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