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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello eQUEST Guru’s,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am wondering if anyone out there has had any luck with the Savings By Design module for eQUEST v3.64. I am currently attempting to model an office building that is being served by an existing central plant. I know that we have a solid, energy efficient design but the numbers aren’t showing this. Intuitively, the design should be qualifying for the SBD program (exceeding the Title 24 minimum by at least 10%), but my HVAC numbers are far worse than the baseline building that eQUEST assembles. Have other’s had similar issues? I have reached out to the utility company to find an engineer from the program to help, but in the interim I thought I would check this forum as well. Any advice and or general comments are welcomed. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As an aside, I have not tried modeling this in (the dreaded) EnergyPro yet because I have a great deal of time invested in this model and don’t want to have to scrap it just to put something together for the incentives program. I really want to make this eQUEST module (though apparently flawed) work. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ross<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ross Farris, CEPE</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Energy Analyst</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br></span><a href="http://www.glumac.com/"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=343 height=41 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01CCECB5.41D0F230" alt="http://www.glumac.com/glumacsig.gif"></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#A9BD27'><hr size=2 width=330 style='width:247.5pt' noshade style='color:#9ACB33' align=left></span></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=49 height=45 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CCECB5.41D0F230" alt="40 yr color small"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>150 California Street, 3rd Floor</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>San Francisco, CA 94111</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>T. 415.398.7667 ext.4083 F. 415.398.0596<br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Thinking. Inside the building.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.twitter.com/glumacengineers"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=22 height=22 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.png@01CCECB5.41D0F230" alt="cid:image001.png@01CC45FA.A3365810"></span></a><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Glumac/213797265436"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=22 height=22 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CCECB5.41D0F230" alt="cid:image004.jpg@01CC98A3.24F9BEA0"></span></b></a><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/company/34034"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=22 height=22 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CCECB5.41D0F230" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01CC45FA.A3365810"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>