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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Calibri><SPAN
class=319280116-25072012>Andrew,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Calibri><SPAN class=319280116-25072012>Here are a
few suggestions that should hopefully take care of some of the unmet
loads:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=319280116-25072012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Calibri><SPAN class=319280116-25072012>1. Unit of
chiller/boiler capacity in eQUEST is Mbtu/hr. Change your 2,709 Mbtu/hr to
2.7 Mbtu/hr. Similarly change your boiler from 1,860 Mbtu/hr to 1.86
Mbtu/hr.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Calibri><SPAN class=319280116-25072012>2. Use a
higher Throttling-range, say around 6.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Calibri><SPAN class=319280116-25072012>3. Your
cooling thermostat (zonal) is set to 55 deg. Change this to 76 (typical),
depending on your required indoor design temperatures. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Calibri><SPAN
class=319280116-25072012></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff face=Calibri><SPAN
class=319280116-25072012>4. Change your cooling and heating
availability schedules to the on/off type. Use 1 for on and 0 for
off. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Calibri><SPAN class=319280116-25072012>5. Take
care to define your footprint and zones with more accuracy. You
could import a <FONT color=#0000ff face=Calibri><SPAN
class=319280116-25072012>simple single line CAD drawing and trace over it. There
seem to be many</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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color=#0000ff face=Calibri><SPAN class=319280116-25072012>
internal zone overlaps. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Calibri><SPAN class=319280116-25072012><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Calibri><SPAN class=319280116-25072012>You could also create roofs for
some of the missing sections on the lower floor.
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=319280116-25072012><FONT color=#0000ff face=Calibri>Best of
luck,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=319280116-25072012><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Calibri>Umesh</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Calibri></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Andrew
Higgins<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 24, 2012 10:32 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Equest-users] Hours loads
not met<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Ladies and Gentlemen:<BR><BR>Find attached my .inp and .pd2 files for
a two-story school addition.<BR>I am attempting to qualify the (already
constructed) building for LEED silver certification. The numbers of unmet load
hours appear to be excessive. What needs to be changed with regard to my input
in order to reduce these numbers?<BR><BR>Please note: in addition to the two
files attached here, there is also a file:<BR><BR>09-033 Sauganash School
DDEEWB1 2012-7-19 - Baseline Design.inp, of size 0 (zero)
bytes.<BR><BR><BR>Thanks for the help, in advance.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>A.C.
Higgins, PE, LEED AP<BR></BODY></HTML>