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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='color:#1F497D'>You know what, I was thinking that the ENERGY-CHG-SCH was just for demand for some reason, and that I didn’t need it since I’m only tracking consumption right now. I put my schedule in there and it seems to be acting correctly, (more reports will tell). The EMIT (link below) made exporting an hourly schedule pretty easy since I had the RTP for 2010 in excel already. For those of you creating 8760 schedules, definitely check it out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’m having an issue of getting it to switch rates in a parametric run. I tried setting up both rates, assigning EM1 to the TOU rate in the baseline and RTP rate to EM1 in the parametric run , but in both cases it calculated the $$ using a sum of both rates. I ended up creating 2 separate models to compare them, but if someone knows how to switch utility rates I’d love to hear.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Beka Shea</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>______________________________________________________________________________________________</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> <br></span><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#333333'>NORESCO</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333'></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#333333'> 36 Harbor Lake Circle, Safety Harbor, FL 34695 </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333'></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#333333'> Phone: 727.742.6385</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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"'> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeremy Poling<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 25, 2011 2:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Real Time Pricing / 8760 Utility Rate<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>There is a “Energy Charge Schedule” keyword (ENERGY-CHG -SCH) on the “Utility Rate Properties” dialog that accepts a schedule for hourly-use schedules, but as David notes that is a rather complex utility rate to model. The help file says this about the keyword:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>U-name of a SCHEDULE which specifies an ENERGY-CHG that varies by time of day, week and/or season. The units in the schedule should be $/UNIT. This schedule is used for all time-of-use energy billing (demand time-of-use billing is more complex, and requires the use of multiple BLOCK-CHARGEs). If both an ENERGY-CHG and ENERGY-CHG-SCH are defined, the values will add.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>That’s all it says on this keyword, too…so if your consumption and demand charges both are real-time pricing, there’s quite a bit of work ahead of you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jeremy R. Poling, PE, LEED AP+BDC</span></b><span style='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"'> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Eldridge<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 25, 2011 1:28 PM<br><b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Real Time Pricing / 8760 Utility Rate<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Make an output report of the hourly building electricity consumption/demand values that you need and do it in excel. Probably will be faster than making that complex of a schedule.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>David</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='color:black'> </span></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>David S. Eldridge, Jr., P.E., LEED AP BD+C, BEMP, BEAP, HBDP</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#244061'>Grumman/Butkus Associates</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='color:black'> </span></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></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"'> <a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Shea, Rebecca<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 25, 2011 12:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Real Time Pricing / 8760 Utility Rate</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I know that the joy of eQuest is that if you can schedule it, you can do it. However – can anyone give me a quick tutorial on how to assign an 8760 schedule as a utility rate? I used the handy dandy “Energy Model Input Translator” put out by RMI to generate my schedule (<a href="http://www.rmi.org/rmi/ModelingTools">http://www.rmi.org/rmi/ModelingTools</a>) and then I imported the .inp file into eQuest very nicely… now what? <span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span> (I made it a “multiplier” schedule, not sure if that is correct, but I’m attaching it here. I can easily change the schedule type if necessary)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As always, any help appreciated. Thanks for your valuable time,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Beka Shea<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>______________________________________________________________________________________________</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Rebecca Shea</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <br></span><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#333333'>NORESCO</span></i> </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>