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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Omar,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Your suggestion seems to have done the trick! I did not know about the Quality Control Reporting Tool, and now I realize how much of an asset it will be in the future. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks a lot<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Chris Swanson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Roger D. Fields & Associates<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(614) 451-2248<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Omar Katanani [mailto:omar@ecoconsulting.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 20, 2010 4:06 PM<br><b>To:</b> Chris Swanson<br><b>Cc:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] Unmet Heating Hours - ES<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Chris,</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Your building has 14 underheated zones.</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Go to “Tools”, “Quality Control Reporting…”, then click the “QC Details” tab, and then select “Show Errors Only”.</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Check section 6: Zone Control and Equipment Sizing.</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>What I usually do is that I increase the supply flow rate for each of these 14 zones. This is the best option to solve the issue of unmet loads in my opinion.</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Best,</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Omar</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Please note that EcoConsulting is holding a new series of eco-seminars on Green Building & LEED GA Training in November. </span></b><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>More information available at: <a href="http://ecoconsulting.net/www/Seminar_Series_Lebanon_Nov10.htm"><span style='color:green'>http://ecoconsulting.net/www/Seminar_Series_Lebanon_Nov10.htm</span></a> </span></b><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>___________________________</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Omar Katanani<br>Sustainable Design Engineer</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Email: <a href="mailto:omar@ecoconsulting.net">omar@ecoconsulting.net</a></span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>EcoConsulting (Lebanon)</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Nahas Building, 4<sup>th</sup> floor</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>4 St-Maron Street / Georges Haddad Avenue</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Postal Code: 2028 5806 SAIFI</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Beirut, Lebanon</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Tel: </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>+961 (0) 1 971 266<br>Mobile: +961 (0) 3 045 045</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>EcoConsulting (UK) Ltd<br>28 Marshalsea Road<br>London, SE1 1HF<br>Tel: +44 (0) 207 939 0989<br>Fax: +44 (0) 207 939 0981</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Website: <a href="http://www.ecoconsulting.net/">www.ecoconsulting.net</a></span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> <img border=0 width=870 height=102 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CB71BD.A1869320"></span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>-----Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Swanson<br><b>Sent:</b> 20 October 2010 21:35<br><b>To:</b> Pasha Korber-Gonzalez; Kelsey VanTassel<br><b>Cc:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Unmet Heating Hours - ES</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Attached are both the .pd2 & .inp files. I will look into the suggestions below in the meantime.</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Chris Swanson</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Roger D. Fields & Associates</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(614) 451-2248</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Pasha Korber-Gonzalez [mailto:pasha.pkconsulting@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 20, 2010 2:27 PM<br><b>To:</b> Kelsey VanTassel<br><b>Cc:</b> Chris Swanson; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Unmet Heating Hours - ES</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>It sounds like the heated air is not being allowed to go where there is a call for conditioning, have you checked your system reports too? it might have to do with your system & temp scheduling. Can you send your .pd2 & .inp file both so that we can open your file in eQuest?<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>thanks,<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>pkg<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Kelsey VanTassel <<a href="mailto:KVanTassel@sustaineng.com">KVanTassel@sustaineng.com</a>> wrote:<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Make sure that your thermostat type is appropriate. Use Reverse Action if you want to allow the supply flow in heating mode to rise above the minimum flow ratio, otherwise use Proportional. Also try reducing the cool control range from 4 deg to 1 deg.</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Kelsey Van Tassel</span></b><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Mechanical Engineer | <a href="mailto:kvantassel@sustaineng.com" target="_blank">kvantassel@sustaineng.com</a></span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>608.836.4488 ext. 20 | Fax: 608.836.4477</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#000066'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Sustainable Engineering Group</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>901 Deming Way, Suite 201</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Madison, WI 53717</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.sustaineng.com/" target="_blank">www.sustaineng.com</a></span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Swanson<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Unmet Heating Hours - ES</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>All,<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am modeling a two-story elementary school with a VRV / DOAS system in one area (classrooms, admin.), and a VAV system in another (gym, cafeteria, food prep.). The unmet heating hours are currently around 750, and I am at my wit’s end to reduce them further. I have incorporated suggestions such as increasing the throttling range (currently at 6, helped a little bit) and sizing ratio (currently at 1.15, although increasing to 2.00 did not help much). As I have also tried my best to model the VRV / DOAS system, I’m still not sure if it is correct… I’ve just picked up what I could from the users archives.<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone have suggestions for reducing the unmet heating hours that I may not be aware of? I have attached the .inp file. Can anyone see glaring mistakes in the model?<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Chris Swanson</b><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mechanical Designer<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Roger D. Fields & Associates<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Columbus, Ohio 43220-2777<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>E-mail: <a href="mailto:cswanson@rdfa.com" target="_blank" title="blocked::mailto:cswanson@rdfa.com">cswanson@rdfa.com</a><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Equest-users mailing list<br><a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org" target="_blank">http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org</a><br>To unsubscribe from this mailing list send a blank message to <a href="mailto:EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG">EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG</a><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>