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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am currently working on a new construction project in Taipei, Taiwan, using a Mitsubishi VRF system and we would like to develop an Energy Model (preferably using eQuest). I came across this email online and was wondering if a resolution was ever found or if you can be of any assistance? Please see email from web as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0070C0'><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Brandon Nichols</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0070C0;background:white'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0070C0'><a href="mailto:bldg-sim%40lists.onebuilding.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BBldg-sim%5D%20eQuest%20%26%20Mitsubishi%20VRF%20systems&In-Reply-To=%3C444E10E864EC2E41ADF26EFCB697C7C304969542%40EXCHCLUST.hei.hargis.biz%3E" title="[Bldg-sim] eQuest & Mitsubishi VRF systems"><span style='color:#0070C0'>BrandonN at Hargis.biz</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none'> </span></span></a><br><i>Wed Apr 2 15:37:30 PDT 2008</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0070C0'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:black' align=center></span></div><pre style='white-space:pre-wrap;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>All,<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>It is my understanding that Mitsubishi and Daikan funded development of<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>DOE2 VRF routines that run under EnergyPro and VisualDOE using DOE2.1E,<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>and there may be some problematic challenges<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><<a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/pipermail/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org/2007-Au"><span style='color:#0070C0'>http://lists.onebuilding.org/pipermail/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org/2007-Au</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>gust/006284.html> hindering simple implementation in eQuest.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>Will see if I can elicit comment on this topic from eQuest's dynamic,<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>talented and decidedly underappreciated developers, who tirelessly toil<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>day and night on our behalf. Perhaps we can show our appreciation for<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>them by all lobbying our local Mitsubishi / Daikan reps to secure<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>funding for a port-to-eQuest effort. After all, updating to eQuest it<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>seems would be in the manufacture's best interests, with usage of<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>variable refrigerant flow systems gaining traction in the marketplace.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>As a short-term workaround, am following up on a rumor that there may be<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>a way for an eQuest parametric run to be manually edited to reference<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>these routines, provided they can be obtained. Will also see what I can<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>do about actually obtaining them. This isn't a purely altruistic<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>gesture, I too am working on a VRF system.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>More information forthcoming, hopefully...<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>Brandon Nichols, PE, LEED AP<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>Mechanical<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>HARGIS ENGINEERS<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>600 Stewart St<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span 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