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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="de-ch"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">Hi all,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">We have a LEED project in the center of Berlin for which I need to perform a LEED Compliance analysis (LEED V3.0). We have chosen to use eQUEST 3.64 as it can generate automatically the reference building (baseline). I have read the eQUEST introductory tutorial as well as the LEED tutorial. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">I have built my building model (7 storey-building + 2 basement floors, compact shape and quite simple layout) using the SD wizard than the DD wizard and finally twicking my HVAC inputs in the detailed mode. I have managed to run a simulation after correcting my BDL errors, however I cannot run a LEED Compliance analysis (generate baseline building), since it fails in the pre-check stages.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri"> The reason is I have not entered a longitude and latitude for Berlin! I have desperately tried to enter one but the input cell won’t let me (the cells are colored in white but when I type a figure there, the software doesn’t hold the value down…same for the altitude of the site). I have managed to enter the time zone though (-1).</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">Latitude for Berlin is 52.47 N, and latitude is 13.4 E therefore the input should be +52.47 and -13.4?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">I have generated a Berlin weather file using an Energy plus weather file and converting it.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de-ch"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de-ch"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2 COLOR="#000000"> <<ScreenShot019.jpg>> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de-ch"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de-ch"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2 COLOR="#000000"> <<DEU_Berlin_IWEC.BIN>> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de-ch"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">I attach a screenshot of the error message as well as my weather file. Maybe I am making a basic mistake and someone could point me rapidly in the right direction?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">I would appreciate any help!</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">Kind regards,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" FACE="Calibri">Anne</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="de-ch"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Anne Caminade</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="de-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Projektleiterin</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="de-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Dipl. Ing. INSA / MSc.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="de-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Lemon Consult GmbH – Zürich</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="de-ch"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Energy Efficiency Engineering</FONT></SPAN></P>
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