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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='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I don't think I have an answer to your question, but wanted to point out two things:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>1) Energy models are often the "property" of the design engineer, modeler, owner, etc, and although I often upload PDFs of the .inp file (because I'm lazy), GBCI should never be able to require this as standard practice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>2) I thought the whole intent of those newer Section 1.4 excel sheets for documenting inputs / outputs is to avoid comments like the one you received. If you had marked those particular cells of the "General HVAC" tab as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=765 style='width:574.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=693 style='width:519.6pt;border:solid gray 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>All <b><i>Baseline</i></b> system cooling capacities auto-sized with 15% oversizing per G3.1.2.2 (at the system or plant level, but not both)<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=73 nowrap style='width:54.4pt;border:solid gray 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#EAF1DD;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Yes<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:12.75pt'><td width=693 style='width:519.6pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid gray 1.0pt;border-right:solid gray 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>All <b><i>Baseline</i></b> system heating capacities auto-sized with 25% oversizing per G3.1.2.2 (at the system or plant level, but not both)<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=73 nowrap style='width:54.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid gray 1.0pt;border-right:solid gray 1.0pt;background:#EAF1DD;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:12.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Yes<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Shouldn't that be enough for the reviewer? Thought it was supposed to make their job easier....<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Were you using an older method of input documentation? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'>GHT Limited<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;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='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";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>Nick Caton<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 11, 2013 12:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> James Hess; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Cooling/Heating Capacity Ratios - LEED Report?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks fellas!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ve done screengrabs often in the past and am comfortable that will satisfy the reviewer’s concerns in this case, it just bugs me that where I’m confident the inputs are correct, the output reports aren’t backing me up as expected… </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ve also tried summing together space peak loads from the LS reports for a given system (shaky proposition anyway as they occur at different times), and still cannot find the calculated sizing to line up with my input ratios. I guess this boils down to something I don’t understand yet about how the oversizing ratios are applied to arrive at the calculated system capacities... Further digging in the help files when I get time I suppose. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I don’t anticipate having a problem with this review, but if anyone can fill in the gaps that would be much appreciated =)!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>~Nick</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PS: I didn’t know others are uploading their entire models… In the reviewer’s shoes, I wonder if that makes any combination of specific reports/information look suspect in comparison?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=119 height=37 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CE36B4.1A3FE010" alt="cid:489575314@22072009-0ABB"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Stylus BT","sans-serif";color:#2D4D5E'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Stylus BT","sans-serif";color:#2D4D5E'>NICK CATON, P.E.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#CC9900'>SENIOR ENGINEER</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#CC9900'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#2D4D5E'>Smith & Boucher Engineers</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#2D4D5E'>25501 west valley parkway, suite 200</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#2D4D5E'>olathe, ks 66061</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#2D4D5E'>direct 913.344.0036</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#2D4D5E'>fax 913.345.0617</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.smithboucher.com">www.smithboucher.com</a></span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span></u><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";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:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>James Hess<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 11, 2013 10:52 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Cooling/Heating Capacity Ratios - LEED Report?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Same here regarding the screen shots, but I only provide if asked to specifically document something via review comments. On every submitted project, however, I always upload the eQuest .inp and .pd2 files so that the reviewers can just open the files and look at whatever they need to. That beats submitting reams of “input reports” which really isn’t practical. I’m assuming the reviewers know eQuest enough such that if they want to verify the Cool Sizing Ratio or Heat Sizing Ratio, they know exactly where to go in eQuest to find the answers, in a matter of seconds. That seems like a pretty reasonable assumption to me. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#339966'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#339966'>JAH</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#339966'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#339966'>James A. Hess, PE, CEM, BEMP</span></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Energy Engineer<br>TME, Inc.<br>Little Rock, AR</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mobile: (501) 351-4667</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><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:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Neil Bulger<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 10, 2013 6:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> Patrick J. O'Leary, Jr.<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Cooling/Heating Capacity Ratios - LEED Report?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I second Patrick, typically I just provide screen grabs of the baseline model and send it off.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>Neil Bulger </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>| CEPE | Project Engineer</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>Integral Group </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>| 427 13th Street | Oakland CA USA 94612<br>T 510.663.2070 x235</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'><a href="http://www.integralgroup.com/"><span style='color:#7F7F7F'>integralgroup.com</span></a> | <a href="mailto:nbulger@integralgroup.com"><span style='color:#7F7F7F'>nbulger@integralgroup.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#B0BC22'>Trust</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#B0BC22'>|</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#767662'>Nurture</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>|</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00A4E4'> <b>Inspire</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#B0BC22'>Please consider the environment before printing this email.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Patrick J. O'Leary, Jr. <<a href="mailto:poleary1969@gmail.com">poleary1969@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>i typically just do screen caps when setting up my baseline model. it's quick, painless, and makes mothers very happy ... and is done early ...<br><br>yeah, one would think there would be a details of hvac systems output report showing the direct inputs, but there's not. unless you're good at creating custom reports & can create one that pulls input data from the hvac section? if that's even data possible for equest to pull ...<br><br>or you could parse the info from the .sim file keying on just the = system name, heat-sizing-rati & cool-sizing-rati variables.<br><br>"PSZ-1" = SYSTEM <br> TYPE = PSZ<br> HEAT-SOURCE = FURNACE<br> ZONE-HEAT-SOURCE = NONE<br> BASEBOARD-SOURCE = NONE<br> SIZING-RATIO = 1.15<br> HEAT-SIZING-RATI = 1.25<br> COOL-SIZING-RATI = 1.15<br> etc ........<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br>On 4/10/13 1:04 PM, Nick Caton wrote: <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi folks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I have a seemingly simple LEED comment which has been causing me to chase my tail this afternoon. I feel like this should be really easy to document in a crystal-clear fashion, but I must be missing something:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>The Task: </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Document with clarity that the baseline system cooling and heating capacities are using the 1.15 and 1.25 (respectively) capacity sizing ratios as prescribed in 90.1 Appendix G.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Intuitively, I have a sense we should be able to simply and directly reference one or a series of the *.SIM reports to substantiate the systems are oversized by the appropriate factors. After spending some time digging through the reports and associated help documentation however, I’m empty-handed and do not think the actual ratio inputs (COOL-SIZING-RATI / HEAT-SIZING-RATI) are reported.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Further, I tried <u>deriving</u> the oversizing ratio between a system’s annual PEAK (re: report SS-P) and calculated system capacity (report SV-A) as reported… but the math doesn’t quite work out! It’s the right ballpark, but I don’t think I can write the difference off as a rounding error…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>The Solution(?): </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>For now, I can just provide screen grabs illustrating the inputs in eQuest’s spreadsheet view with relative ease, but if this is possible to document by assembling/referencing one or more additional reports for future models I’d prefer to adopt that in practice and avoid the same question down the road. If I have some misunderstanding or new nuance to learn about the reports that would be worthwhile as well =).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Any suggestions/experience?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks in advance!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>~Nick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>NICK CATON, P.E.</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#CC9900'>SENIOR ENGINEER</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#CC9900'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>Smith & Boucher Engineers</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>25501 west valley parkway, suite 200</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>olathe, ks 66061</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>direct 913.344.0036</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2D4D5E'>fax 913.345.0617</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.smithboucher.com" title="blocked::www.smithboucher.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.smithboucher.com</span></a></span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'> </span></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Equest-users mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org">http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To unsubscribe from this mailing list send a blank message to <a href="mailto:EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG">EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Equest-users mailing list<br><a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org">http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org</a><br>To unsubscribe from this mailing list send a blank message to <a href="mailto:EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG">EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>