<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Nirupama:</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">John R. Aulbach, PE</SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv4006513315MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri><FONT size=3>I have modeled a high school building (NH) on eQuest. It is participating in a state funded incentive program. I’ve been using the software for 2 years now, but cannot figure out why the electricity and fuel usage from the model are at least 40% above actual usage.</FONT></FONT></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv4006513315MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri><FONT size=3>Mysteriously, I have significant electricity use from space heating, when I have no electric heat in the facility- does this number refer to auxiliary components in the heating systems? Because the corresponding fuel bills are also high.</FONT></FONT></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv4006513315MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri><FONT size=3>I have condensing propane boilers with distribution through terminal units including unit heaters, cabinet heaters, unit ventilators, baseboards and roof-top air handlers. </FONT></FONT></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv4006513315MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri><FONT size=3>The “vent. Fans” and the “pumps & aux” categories also read high apart from the “miscellaneous equipment”- I could fix the miscellaneous loads. But as far as the other categories go, I do not know where to even begin troubleshooting.</FONT></FONT></div>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv4006513315MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri><FONT size=3>This was the first model that I used the detailed interface from start and built it way back in November 2012. And since I am at a loss of technical language to describe this, I need help with reducing the electricity and fuel use in the building- especially with editing information related to schedules, meter assignments and/ or temperature set points to avoid the heating and cooling units working at the same time. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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