I use DesignBuilder and eQuest and would say they are both great tools. I would stick with eQuest for day-to-day work and try DesignBuilder on projects that can afford a model in both tools. All modeling tools come with a number of things to watch out for in their defaults assumptions and in how they interpret inputs. If you are feeling very comfortable with the detailed mode of eQuest and have spent time editing inp files directly and creating custom-expressions or user-default expressions, I would recommend trying DesignBuilder. If not, I would recommend staying in eQuest for a while. There is a great presentation by Reid Hart from April 2011 titled "eQuest - a half hour to learn; three years to master" which could not be more true. eQuest has alot... alot! of potential for quick simple energy models.<div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Agustin Cortina <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:agustincortina@eaenergiayarquitectura.com" target="_blank">agustincortina@eaenergiayarquitectura.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><br></div><div>Do you have any comments on these? Or do you recommend some other software to migrate to?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks a lot.</div><div><br></div><div>Agustín.</div>
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