Another fairly large catch is that you are not able to edit multiple entries at a time (outside of a few limited parameters with their built-in find/replace feature). No spreadsheet view like eQUEST. No text editors allowed.<div>
<br></div><div>I've used EnergyPro on a few large projects and it was an absolute nightmare from a usability standpoint.</div><div><br></div><div>Unless you're doing VRF or Title-24 compliance, I cannot recommend EnergyPro to anyone except on very small projects.</div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Zabaneh, Christopher <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:czabaneh@halsall.com" target="_blank">czabaneh@halsall.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#993366">Brian/Nimesh – I worked in California for several years with EnergyPro which automatically created a 90.1-2004 and/or 90.1-2007 Baseline (soon it’ll do 90.1-2010
as well). You’ll have to confirm with EnergySoft, but last I checked that includes up to and including appendix ac for 2004.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#993366">EnergyPro is DOE2.1E based software and is widely used in California and the US and is making inroads into Canada. It can do VRF, DOAS, and many other system
types as well as other features like calibration for utility bills.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#993366">The catch is that it is paid software and unlike eQuest, there is no 3D model to take a screen capture of for reports. (The plus side to this is that it’s easier
to create/modify zones as the design process moves along.)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#993366">You can see their webpage at
<a href="http://www.energysoft.com" target="_blank">www.energysoft.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#993366">FYI I’m in no way affiliated with EnergySoft – I just happen to enjoy their auto base-case generation and interface and I’m looking at the business case to
try it on some of our models in Canada for that reason.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#993366">Thanks kindly,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#993366"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#1d477b">Christopher Zabaneh</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"">, P.E., LEED AP BD+C, CEPE</span><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#1d477b"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Fountain<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 20, 2012 7:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Nimesh Prajapati Nimesh'; <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Is there any software which automatically creates Baseline system as per Appendix G<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">This is a question that is probably better suited to the BLDG-SIM list.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Software that I am aware of that I
<i>think</i> automatically creates the 90.1 baseline (none of which I have used so cannot recommend personally):<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Energy Gauge -
<a href="http://www.energygauge.com/" target="_blank">http://www.energygauge.com/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.iesve.com/" target="_blank">http://www.iesve.com/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nimesh Prajapati Nimesh<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 20, 2012 1:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Is there any software which automatically creates Baseline system as per Appendix G<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:blue">Dear All eQuest Users,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:blue">My Question may be asked before & may look funny. . .<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:blue">But as I do not know the answer I am asking you all: Is there any software which automatically creates Baseline system as per Appendix G?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:blue">Or we have to create manually by having the inputs from Appendix - G in all the soft-wares that are available in the market i.e. . energy plus, eQuest etc.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:blue">Thanks,<br>
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Nimesh Prajapati<br>
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HVAC Design Engineer <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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