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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'>Brian, <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 for that input. I have a follow-up question: I looked at the LS-B report and it has a note that says “The above loads are calculated assuming a constant indoor space temperature.” Is this temperature equal to the setpoint temperature of the space?<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'>Also, is there a counterpart to this report that outputs hourly values?<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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Drew<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 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"'> Brian Gregory [mailto:bgregory@dynamix-ltd.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 27, 2011 4:24 PM<br><b>To:</b> Morrison, Andrew<br><b>Cc:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] HVAC Loads output question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Drew,<br><br>I typically use the "LS-B Peak Load Components" report from the sim-output file for loads. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Morrison, Andrew <<a href="mailto:amorrison@haleyaldrich.com">amorrison@haleyaldrich.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I’m modeling a 1940s-era apartment building for a geothermal retrofit. The current heating system consists of hot-water radiators supplied by gas-fired boilers. Cooling is supplied by window air conditioning units in each apartment. The ultimate objective is to generate building space heating and cooling loads to size a heat pump and ground heat exchanger – by space heating and cooling loads, I mean the total heat which has to be added or removed by the HVAC system to maintain all conditioned spaces at their set points.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Currently I’m generating hourly loads from the Building HVAC hourly report block using variables 1 & 2, entitled “Building cool load (coils + losses&gains)” and “Building heat load (coils + losses&gains)”. Are these the right variables to use, or do I need to look somewhere else?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Drew Morrison<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Engineer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Haley & Aldrich, Inc.</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>8899 Gander Creek Drive<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Miamisburg, OH 45342-5432<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Office: 937.530.1431<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Cell: 937.307.2223<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://amorrison@haleyaldrich.com" target="_blank">amorrison@haleyaldrich.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></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><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;color:#C00000'>Dynamix</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='color:black'>Engineering Ltd</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Brian Gregory</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='color:black'>Mechanical Engineer </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>855 Grandview Ave., 3rd Floor Columbus, OH 43215 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#215868'>614-443-1178 ext. 278 </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#76923C'><a href="http://www.dynamix-ltd.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#76923C'>www.dynamix-ltd.com</span></a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>