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<p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone know how to use equest to model a 100% OA system
and produce a compliance report for California title 24?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I am experienced with Trace 700 where it is simple to modify
baseline and proposed values. I have successfully completed multiple leed
energy models, But I am new to equest and have been required to use it to show
title 24 compliance on a California research lab that I am designing. I’ve
tried the SD and DD wizards, and I’ve gone into detailed edit mode
looking for options to edit the base case with no luck. I can produce a
compliant model IF I set the outside air to be slightly above what equest
calculates as the code required vent rate based on 15 cfm per person. If
I set my supply fan to its max rate of 20k cfm, and also set the OA% to 100%,
then my building will no longer comply with title 24. It seems as though
changes to the wizards do nothing to the baseline model, but they add
significant load to my proposed model. I’ve also tried changing the
building type and area types. And on the activities areas allocation
screen I’ve changed the max occupation sf/person and design ventilation
cfm/person to both the core and perimeter zones, yet still the compliance
report is assuming 15cfm per person and the quantity of people never
changes. Is there some other input that is causing the baseline model to
default to 15cfm/person? I really need to show both the proposed
and baseline systems as having 100% OA and the associated loads need to
increase in parallel between the baseline and proposed cases.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Your feedback is greatly appreciated, <o:p></o:p></p>
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