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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">3. Auxillary is what you define. HVAC pumps are part of cooling, fountain, hot water, etc. are auxillary. You must differentiate the two in the model and in your reporting.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I think this will cover you. Good luck</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> "Heather.Hardie-Hill@CH2M.com" <Heather.Hardie-Hill@CH2M.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> eQUEST-users@onebuilding.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tue, June 15, 2010 1:08:46 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Equest-users] LEED review comments<BR></FONT><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=420143015-15062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hello eQuest Users!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=420143015-15062010> <FONT size=2 face=Arial>I realize that this is an eQuest users forum and not necessarily a LEED help forum but from reading past posts it sound like many of you have quite a few LEED projects under your belts and I could really use some advice/help. I just received my first EAc1 LEED review back and there are 16 comments. Is that normal? I want to make sure that I understand how eQuest is working for a few of these comments so that I can answer them completely and correctly.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=420143015-15062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>so here are my review comment/questions:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<LI><SPAN class=420143015-15062010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>"<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The Proposed windows were modeled with a U-value of 0.29, which does not appear to account for the impact of the window frames on the whole assembly as required by ASHRAE modeling protocol." </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
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<LI><SPAN class=420143015-15062010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=420143015-15062010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The U-Value of 0.29 is indeed the center of glass U-Value however I included frame conductance and frame width in the model. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN class=420143015-15062010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Is that enough to account for the "whole assembly" U-Value? </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN class=420143015-15062010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>or do I need to find a published whole assembly U-Value for the specified window? </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN class=420143015-15062010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>If I do need the whole assembly U-Value, then should I remove the frame information from the model?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
<LI><SPAN class=420143015-15062010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">"<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Please confirm that the energy consumption attributed to “Area Lights” on Table 1.8.1 and 1.8.2 represents internal lighting energy consumption and demand or provide a narrative describing any alternative uses."</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
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<LI><SPAN class=420143015-15062010><FONT size=+0><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>the area lights information came from the "Ambient Lights" column of the Annual Enduse Summary... so I would say yes, it represents the lighting energy consumption and demand. Right? </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
<LI><SPAN class=420143015-15062010><FONT size=+0><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>"<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Please provide a narrative to describe the end use for the modeled “Pumps & Auxiliary” as shown on Table 1.8.1 and 1.8.2"</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
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<LI><SPAN class=420143015-15062010><FONT size=+0><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have not been able to figure out exactly what is contributing to this load (besides the pumps of course). What, according to eQuest, is considered "Auxiliary"?</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL></OL>
<DIV><SPAN class=420143015-15062010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>I think that is it for now... I'm sure as I start making adjustments that I will have additional questions. (The building runs off of a central chiller plant so I've used the "Required Treatment of District Thermal Energy in LEED-NC version 2.2" document as a guideline and haven't quite wrapped my head around the comments related to that)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=420143015-15062010></SPAN><SPAN class=420143015-15062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I know that one of the first things you might ask is to see my .inp and .pd2 files... unfortunately it is for a confidential client and I am unable to share that information.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=420143015-15062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>One more quick thing... Although I do not regularly contribute to the forum I try to read all of the threads as they come through (admittedly, I'm a little behind right now). It is comforting to know that I am not the only one having issues with energy modeling and eQuest. It is also comforting knowing that I can ask you questions and I don't have to bang my head against a wall trying to figure it all out on my own! so, </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=420143015-15062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>thanks in advance for the help!!!!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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