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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Supplementary
to John’s advice, you should take advantage of a new feature in 3.64 that lets
you assign a prefix to the components of each of your shells to make your model
more easily manageable in detailed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If
you have a “building A,” then you could clearly organize its generated zones/surfaces/schedules
etc. by giving it a prefix of “BA,” for example (on the first DD shell screen,
iirc). For a hands-on example of this feature, seek out an eQuest importing
guide I posted in the archives ;). <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>John
Aulbach<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 08, 2010 11:05 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Yehuda Israel; eQuest<br>
<b>Cc:</b> bfrank@newsource-energy.com; Hanan Waizman;
howard@newsource-energy.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] boiler and chiller serving multiple
buildings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Yehuda:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Yes, you certainly can have those seven shells. But you will
also have the eighth shell where the central plant is. eQuest does not care
where the plant is, but what is connected to it. Do no concern yourself with
where the plant resides, but what is connected to it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>BTW, does the plant have its own electric and gas meters?
You can worry about what meters go to what buildings in the Detailed Edit Mode,
if you are trying to match bills.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>This sounds like an interesting project, such as a campus or
hospital complex.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><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"'> Yehuda Israel
<Yehuda@NewSource-Energy.com><br>
<b>To:</b> John Aulbach <jra_sac@yahoo.com>; eQuest
<equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> bfrank@newsource-energy.com; Hanan Waizman
<hanan@newsource-energy.com>; howard@newsource-energy.com<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wed, December 8, 2010 7:25:27 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] boiler and chiller serving multiple
buildings</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>John</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you for your help.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I have a question on what you
said. The boiler and chiller that service the eight buildings are
extremely big. Anyway I have to start the model in the DD Wizard.
If I make eight different shells and show seven buildings without a boiler or
chiller, it seems that I could </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> John Aulbach <a
href="mailto:[mailto:jra_sac@yahoo.com]" target="_blank">[mailto:jra_sac@yahoo.com]</a>
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 07, 2010 7:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Yehuda Israel; eQuest<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:bfrank@newsource-energy.com" target="_blank">bfrank@newsource-energy.com</a>;
Hanan Waizman; <a href="mailto:howard@newsource-energy.com" target="_blank">howard@newsource-energy.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] boiler and chiller serving multiple
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<p class=MsoNormal>I surmise that all eight buildings are on the central plant
with the chillers and boilers you describe. eQuest doesn't know that your 8
buildings are separate buildings, just more zones. I would describe your zones
(in the Detailed Edit mode) such as "Building 1-North Zone" or
"Building 8-Lobby" and put all the zones on one massive CHW and HHW
loop.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>You can also make these loops Secondary loops, if the
Central Plant has its own loops.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Have fun !!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> Yehuda Israel <<a
href="mailto:Yehuda@NewSource-Energy.com" target="_blank">Yehuda@NewSource-Energy.com</a>><br>
<b>To:</b> eQuest <<a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org"
target="_blank">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:bfrank@newsource-energy.com" target="_blank">bfrank@newsource-energy.com</a>;
Hanan Waizman <<a href="mailto:hanan@newsource-energy.com" target="_blank">hanan@newsource-energy.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:howard@newsource-energy.com" target="_blank">howard@newsource-energy.com</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tue, December 7, 2010 8:46:42 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] boiler and chiller serving multiple buildings</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I have a building complex consisting of 8 buildings.
In one of the buildings are the boiler and chiller that service all of the
building through various pipes. The other buildings don’t have their own
boiler and chiller. How do I model this into eQuest?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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