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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Check your units to make sure they are consistent. If you
changed the billing unit on the meter, make sure that you also changed the unit
label that shows up in the ES-D report. The default is therms and eQUEST won’t
automatically change it, you will have to override it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Kelsey Van Tassel</span><span style='color:#000066'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Mechanical Engineer | <a href="mailto:kvantassel@sustaineng.com">kvantassel@sustaineng.com</a></span><span
style='color:#000066'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>608.836.4488 ext. 20 | Fax: 608.836.4477</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Sustainable Engineering Group</span><span style='color:#000066'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>901 Deming Way, Suite 201</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Madison, WI 53717<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:black'><a href="http://www.sustaineng.com/">www.sustaineng.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<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"'> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alan
Crittendon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 02, 2010 10:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'eQuest'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Virtual Rate<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Looking
at the ES-D energy cost summary, why is my virtual rate ($/unit) so much higher
than the uniform energy charge ($/unit) I have in the utility rate properties
box? Ive attached my baseline ES-D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Alan Crittendon, PE, LEED AP</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy'><br>
</span><span style='font-family:"Swis721 Blk BT","sans-serif";color:navy'>DW
Collier Engineering, Inc.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
color:navy'>720 Broadway St.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Suite 100</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
color:navy'>South Fulton, TN 38257</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy'><br>
</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:navy'>(p)
731-479-2115<br>
(f) 731-479-8018</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>

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