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Kang, others,<br>
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I have various versions of commercial building prototypes done in
DOE-2.1E dating back to the early 1990's. The last version contains
13 building types for 9 US locations, including all those that you
mentioned, and date back to 2007 when I was asked by DOE to update
them to the 2003 CBECS and then convert them to EnergyPlus. The
EnergyPlus versions were handed over to NREL and formed the original
basis for the Reference Commercial Buildings, which have since been
updated and maintained by NREL. My original 2007 versions are
available on my company website in both DOE-2.1E and EnergyPlus V
1.4 formats at:<br>
<br>
<big><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.whiteboxtechnologies.com/download_07_DOE_prototype_files.htm">www.whiteboxtechnologies.com/download_07_DOE_prototype_files.htm</a></big><br>
<br>
I know these are getting somewhat outdated, and I've had a standing
interest in updating the DOE-2.1E files, as well as converting them
to DOE-2.2, but so far I haven't found either the time nor the
funding to do that. <br>
<br>
Lastly, I want to say that in many ways I actually prefer the
original version of the prototypes that I finished in 1992 for the
Gas Research Institute, which took into account regional variations
in size, construction details, and HVAC systems, as well as having
gone through a calibration process against the 1989 CBECS. Both of
these considerations were lost in the later DOE-funded version,
despite my suggestions. In an ideal world, I would want to combine
those features with any improvements added by NREL and PNNL to the
Reference Commercial Buildings set.<br>
<br>
Lastly, I don't mean to ignore or overlook the DEER models mentioned
by Peter. I've worked with them recently for another project (large
office, residential, and large retail), and found them to be
well-done. However, like Peter I'm not sure of their public
availability. Also, the DEER models have many permutations, so you
have to be specific on your needs.<br>
<br>
Joe<br>
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On 7/21/2012 11:23 AM, Peter Baumstark wrote:
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<div>I don't have prototype models handy, but in the past, I've
gotten the folks that maintain the DEER database to send them
to me. A few years back, the DEER folks mentioned they'd
eventually be available for download, but I haven't seen that
happen yet. If you contact the DEER folks and they send you
models, let me know, since I know there's certain parameters
within them that can't be changed. It's difficult to explain
in an e-mail, but I can walk you through it.<br>
<br>
Another route would be to build prototype models based on DEER
data since they've spent an awful lot of time developing
parameters to go into prototypes. The way the parameters are
laid out in the DEER documentation, it wouldn't take too long
to build prototypes in eQUEST.<br>
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Navigate to the DEER site:<br>
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<span><a moz-do-not-send="true" target="_blank"
href="http://www.energy.ca.gov/deer/">http://www.energy.ca.gov/deer/</a></span><br>
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(a couple of hyperlink clicks from this site will get you to
DEER)<br>
<br>
Download the 2005 Final Report in MS Word format with
references. This will give you the final report with Excel
spreadsheets quantifying the various parameters that went into
constructing the representative models. Also included, in
chapter 6, are summary explanations of the various prototypes.<br>
<br>
Download the update reports for the 2008 and 2011 revisions
that include changes made to the 2005 building prototypes.<br>
<br>
If you're looking at projects outside of California, you'd
probably want to determine whether to change parameters such
as lighting density.<br>
<br>
Hope this helps.<br>
<br>
Pete Baumstark<br>
San Jose, CA<br>
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<hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b>
Varkie C Thomas <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:thomasv@iit.edu"><thomasv@iit.edu></a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Kang.Lee@sce.com">Kang.Lee@sce.com</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed,
July 18, 2012 12:25:17 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
Re: [Equest-users] Equest DOE 2.2 prototypes or model
needed<br>
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<p><span>This is a prototype model I used for teaching
(download eQ files). The analysis was done with DOE21E
(files not uploaded). <a moz-do-not-send="true"
target="_blank"
href="http://bepan.info/proj-bldgs/p12-middle-school">http://bepan.info/proj-bldgs/p12-middle-school</a>
</span><a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank"
href="http://bepan.info/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Proj-12_-_eQUEST_Runs_Folders.78160706.zip">Proj-12
- eQUEST-Runs (Folders containing *.pd2 and *.inp files)</a>
</p>
<p><span>The same is true of <a moz-do-not-send="true"
target="_blank"
href="http://bepan.info/proj-bldgs/p13-high-rise-bldg">http://bepan.info/proj-bldgs/p13-high-rise-bldg</a>
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<p><span>See <a moz-do-not-send="true" target="_blank"
href="http://bepan.info/contents">http://bepan.info/contents</a> for
other case studies</span></p>
<p>Varkie Thomas</p>
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href="http://www.iit.edu/arch/faculty/thomas_varkie.shtml">http://www.iit.edu/arch/faculty/thomas_varkie.shtml</a></span></p>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">I was wonder if anyone had
any Equest DOE
2.2 prototypes for an office, school, or retail store.</font>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2">Thank you,</font>
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