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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">David</span><span style="color:#1F497D"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:black"> </span></u><span style="color:#1F497D"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="color:#1F497D"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">David S. Eldridge, Jr., P.E., LEED AP BD+C, BEMP, BEAP, HBDP</span><span style="color:#1F497D"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#244061">Grumman/Butkus Associates</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:black"> </span></u><span style="color:#1F497D"></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""> <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></p>
</div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </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)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">As always, any help appreciated. Thanks for your valuable time,</p><p class="MsoNormal">Beka Shea</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">
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</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></p>
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