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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I just ran your files, and in the BEPS report, I show 9,284 MBTU gas heating and 490 MBTU cooling. Regardless of what's happening with your electric heating, something doesn't seem right there unless you are modeling a building in Antarctica. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I'd look at all of the funky exhaust flow rates you have for your zones. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>EL1 NE Perim Zn (G.NE9) under the UH Electrical system has a supply flow rate of 5 CFM and an exhaust flow rate of 1,200 CFM with infiltration makeup. So if that zone heating temp is not met, it's trying to heat the space with 5 CFM of supply air yet there is then a simultaneous 1,200 CFM infiltration load ??<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I don't know, maybe you've got it set up correctly, I just never use plenums or zonal exhaust because I think it unnecessarily complicates things. Then again, I normally model office buildings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'>GHT Limited<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>James Hansen, P.E., LEED AP</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Senior Associate<br>1010 N. Glebe Road, Suite 200<br>Arlington, VA 22201-4749<br>703-243-1200 (office)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>703-338-5754 (cell)<br>703-276-1376 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.ghtltd.com/" title="http://www.ghtltd.com/">www.ghtltd.com</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Campbell<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 27, 2012 5:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> David Eldridge; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Help - excessive electricity for space heating<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>When I make changes to the system operation it doesn’t have any effect on the overall heating electricity. For example, I tried eliminating the unit heaters in the garage and changing set points in the other spaces, but it had no effect at all on the total electric for space heating. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#17109C'>Mike Campbell, EIT, LEED AP O+M<br>Sustainability Specialist</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#17109C'>(610) 569-1047 office</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#17109C'>(610) 569-1040 fax</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#17109C'><a href="mailto:mike@sustainablesolutionscorporation.com">mike@sustainablesolutionscorporation.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#17109C'><a href="http://www.sustainablesolutionscorporation.com/"><span style='color:#17109C'>www.SustainableSolutionsCorporation.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><img border=0 width=210 height=101 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD8476.A83DEB50" alt="Description: cid:image002.jpg@01C81E05.97C02180"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=84 height=37 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CD8476.A83DEB50" alt="Description: WBE_cmyk_CP copy"><img border=0 width=42 height=67 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CD8476.A83DEB50" alt="Description: E_BCorp_logo_POS"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#17109C'>This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. 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If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message and any attachments.</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> David Eldridge [mailto:<a href="mailto:DEldridge@grummanbutkus.com">DEldridge@grummanbutkus.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 27, 2012 4:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Michael Campbell'; <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] Help - excessive electricity for space heating</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Looks like several PSZ heat pumps with “Heating-EIR” values and some other unit heaters using electricity.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>David</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='color:black'> </span></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>David S. Eldridge, Jr., P.E., LEED AP BD+C, BEMP, BEAP, HBDP</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#244061'>Grumman/Butkus Associates</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='color:black'> </span></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org]">[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Campbell<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 27, 2012 3:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Help - excessive electricity for space heating</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m having some trouble with my simulation – I’m currently working on this for a LEED project and I’m putting the proposed design together. I think I’m at the point where I’m about finished with the proposed design. When I run the simulation, it is showing almost as much electric used for heating as I’m using for cooling – the problem is that nearly the entire building uses gas heat. Can someone help me out here?<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> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#17109C'>Mike Campbell, EIT, LEED AP O+M<br>Sustainability Specialist</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#17109C'>(610) 569-1047 office</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#17109C'>(610) 569-1040 fax</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#17109C'><a href="mailto:mike@sustainablesolutionscorporation.com">mike@sustainablesolutionscorporation.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#17109C'><a href="http://www.sustainablesolutionscorporation.com/"><span style='color:#17109C'>www.SustainableSolutionsCorporation.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><img border=0 width=210 height=101 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD8476.A83DEB50" alt="Description: cid:image002.jpg@01C81E05.97C02180"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=84 height=37 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CD8476.A83DEB50" alt="Description: WBE_cmyk_CP copy"><img border=0 width=42 height=67 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CD8476.A83DEB50" alt="Description: E_BCorp_logo_POS"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#17109C'>This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. 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