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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Netty,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">One major problem that jumps out is that you have not fully defined your zone geometry in your building shells. I would start by going back to the Wizard and defining/redefining your shells and zones. (You do
not want any yellow area left when you are finishing defining zones for a shell. Everything should be green.) Then, when defining systems, keep the eQUEST defaults as much as possible to get your model running properly before you change things. Make sure the
model runs well before spending a lot of time doing custom windows in the Wizard, because the work will be undone if you have to make more changes to the shell/zone definitions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Bill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:wbishop@pathfinder-ea.com"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="480" height="114" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CE02CF.D94A3CD0" alt="Senior Energy Engineer 28Jun2012"></span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>Netty Nina<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 04, 2013 9:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] eQuest unmet heating hours oddity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This questions is about unmet heating hours in a model. I’ve scoured the bldg-sim list but I haven’t come across anything like the problem I’m having. I’m modeling a high school in New England. The unmet heating hours are 99.99%. I’ve checked
the heating and cooling schedules, fan schedules, etc., adjusted the throttling range, and so on. The SS-O reports show that the majority of space temperatures are below 60F. The building is in New England, but I find it unlikely that during the majority of
the summer the temperature will be below 60F in the building. It’s not really a sizing issue either as changing equipment sizes does not do anything and the loads (for the most part) do not exceed the equipment capacity. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Netty<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:nnina@ers-inc.com"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Netty Nina</span></a>,
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">LEED® AP BD+C<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ERS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">120 Water Street, Suite 350<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">North Andover, MA 01845<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Ph: 978-521-2550 ext. 224<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Fax: 978-521-4588<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:nnina@ers-inc.com">nnina@ers-inc.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.ers-inc.com/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.ers-inc.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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