<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Pasha:<br><br>No problem, it is raping as far as I am concerned. GBCI is using incompetent reviewers and they expect us to train them. They take the application fees and offer nothing in return except ridiculous comments.<br><br>I have a similar problem with Northeast Utilities serving CT and MA. NU offers a modeling incentive of $6,000, an efficiency incentive up to $2.00 ft2 and a LEED incentive up to $15,000. They employ reviewers that have no modeling or eQuest experience. One reviewer expected that I would explain how custom performance curves are built for an eQuest VRV system.<br><br>I told them I wasn't in the business of training their employees at the client's expense. I would provide the manufacturer's performance tables and my eQuest curve
coefficients, but I was not going to spend time to explain how to verify that my curves are accurate. They need to spend money to train their reviewers or hire experienced reviewers.<br><br>I feel that the comments that you received from the GBCI were indicative of a person who has no clue and is not qualified to review building simulations.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Paul Diglio <br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Pasha Korber-Gonzalez <pasha.pkconsulting@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Paul Diglio <paul.diglio@sbcglobal.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri,
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<div>Hi Paul-- thanks for receiving my comment in the most professional sense of the term as it relates to the economics of the LEED simulation & Compliance markets. </div>
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<div>I didn't really feel it was unprofessional, but I didn't desire to offend anyone with the terms that i chose. I was pretty sure that I wasn't completely alone with the 'feeling' or sense I was getting from others comments I've seen with the forum (past & present).</div>
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<div>I offer a sincere professional apology if my chosen adjectives offended anyone. (were they adjectives? I don't know I'm not an english major...) :)</div>
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<div>Cheers,</div>
<div>Pasha<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Paul Diglio <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:paul.diglio@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:paul.diglio@sbcglobal.net">paul.diglio@sbcglobal.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pasha:<br><br>I agree with your 'raping' verb and do not think it is inappropriate for the forum. Dan is out of sync.<br><br>Paul Diglio<br>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Daniel Knapp <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:danielk@arborus.ca" target="_blank" href="mailto:danielk@arborus.ca">danielk@arborus.ca</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Pasha Korber-Gonzalez <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:pasha.pkconsulting@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:pasha.pkconsulting@gmail.com">pasha.pkconsulting@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri, June 17, 2011 3:32:24 PM<br>
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<div class="h5"><br>Dear Pasha,
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">client has already paid them. DEAR USGBC---please stop raping the industry for the money monopoly that you have created. The sense of GREED is oozing from everything that comes out of USGBC/GBCI with a price tag on it or a cost associated with it.</font></span></div>
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<div>I hear that you are very frustrated with the review process, however, I find this kind of language inappropriate for a public forum and would ask that you take more care in the future.</div>
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<div>With all best wishes,</div>
<div>Dan</div><br><br>
<div><span style="text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium Verdana; white-space: normal; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 0px;">—<br>Daniel Knapp, PhD, LEED® AP O+M<br>
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