<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Hi Daniel,<br><br>Thanks for the reply on the LEED requirements. You confirm an issue with having a campus system in that it can limit the potential energy points, but that is another topic...<br><br>What I'm not familiar with is how to change the "on-site" boilers that were modeled with a campus steam supply (I have been given a cost per lb of steam by the university), a steam to water heat exchanger and pumps. If anyone can walk me through this or point me in the right direction, I would appreciate that.<br><br>Thanks for any help,<br><br>Jim<br><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Daniel Knapp" <danielk@arborus.ca><br><b>To: </b>"Jim Paulino" <jim.paulino@hesm.com><br><b>Cc: </b>equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, March 14, 2012 10:39:01 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Equest-users] eQuest - Campus Steam<br><br>Hi Jim,<div><br></div><div>Just FYI if this is a LEED model you should check out the District Energy Modelling Requirements from the USGBC (<a href="http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=7671" target="_blank">http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=7671</a>).  By modelling as purchased steam you are limiting the number of EAc1 points available.  </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Dan</div><div><br></div><div><div>
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<br><div><div>On 2012-03-14, at 10:25 AM, Jim Paulino wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I've inherited an energy model that was done over 3 years ago by someone no longer at our firm.<br>I'm an eQuest novice and have a question about a system that uses campus steam for heating.<br>The original model was set up with two gas fired boilers. (I see this in the Component Tree tab in the Water-Side HVAC section)<br>How do I tell eQuest that the heating is from a campus/purchased steam system so that it complies with ASHRAE 90.1-2004 item G3.1.1.1, Purchased Heat which requires the campus utility rate to be used?<br><br><div><span></span><div class="Section1"><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 274.45pt;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="366"><tbody><tr style="height: 25pt;"><td style="padding: 0in; width: 167.1pt; height: 25pt;" width="223"><div style="margin: 0px;"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: maroon; font-size: 10pt;">Jim Paulino, P.E., CxA, LEED ™ AP</span></b></a></div></td><td style="padding: 0in; width: 107.35pt; height: 25pt;" width="143"><span></span><p style="margin: 0px;"><span><span></span></span></p><br></td></tr><tr style="height: 14.8pt;"><td style="padding: 0in; width: 167.1pt; height: 14.8pt;" width="223"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: gray; font-size: 10pt;">Mechanical Engineer</span></span></div></td><td style="padding: 0in; width: 107.35pt; height: 14.8pt;" width="143"><span></span><p style="margin: 0px;"><span></span></p><br></td></tr><tr style="height: 14.8pt;"><td style="padding: 0in; width: 167.1pt; height: 14.8pt;" width="223"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span></span><a><span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">jim.paulino@hesm.com</span></span><span></span></a><span></span></div></td><td style="padding: 0in; width: 107.35pt; height: 14.8pt;" width="143"><span></span><p style="margin: 0px;"><span><span></span></span></p><br></td></tr><tr style="height: 12.5pt;"><td style="padding: 0in; width: 167.1pt; height: 12.5pt;" width="223"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: gray; font-size: 10pt;">HESM&A, Inc.</span></b><span></span></span></div></td><td style="padding: 0in; width: 107.35pt; height: 12.5pt;" width="143"><span></span><p style="margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: gray; font-size: 10pt;"></span></span></p><br></td></tr><tr style="height: 14.8pt;"><td style="padding: 0in; width: 167.1pt; height: 14.8pt;" width="223"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span></span><a href="http://www.hesm.com/" target="_blank"><span><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: gray; font-size: 10pt;">www.hesm.com</span></b></span><span></span></a><span><span></span></span></div></td><td style="padding: 0in; width: 107.35pt; height: 14.8pt;" width="143"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span><span></span></span></p><br></td></tr><tr style="height: 12.65pt;"><td style="padding: 0in; width: 167.1pt; height: 12.65pt;" width="223"><span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span><span></span></span></p><br></td><td style="padding: 0in; width: 107.35pt; height: 12.65pt;" width="143"><span></span><p style="margin: 0px;"><span><span></span></span></p><br></td></tr><tr style="height: 12.5pt;"><td style="padding: 0in; width: 167.1pt; height: 12.5pt;" width="223"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: gray; font-size: 10pt;">MAIN</span></b></span><span><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: gray; font-size: 10pt;">:</span></b><span></span></span></div></td><td style="padding: 0in; width: 107.35pt; height: 12.5pt;" width="143"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: gray; font-size: 10pt;">(404) 881-5300</span><span></span></span></div></td></tr><tr style="height: 12.5pt;"><td style="padding: 0in; width: 167.1pt; height: 12.5pt;" width="223"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: gray; font-size: 10pt;">FAX:</span></b><span></span></span></div></td><td style="padding: 0in; width: 107.35pt; height: 12.5pt;" width="143"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: gray; font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