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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Hey Vikram,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Qing Dale replied off-list that his issue is resolved. For his 700,000 ft2 project, only a small fraction was conditioned and therefore used for EUI reporting. I suspect among other possible solutions, he could have used the input I suggested below to override the area used in determining reported EUI metrics.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">~Nick</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">NICK CATON, P.E.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><br></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#561782">Owner</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#561782"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#561782">Caton Energy Consulting</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> 1150 N. 192<sup>nd</sup> St., #4-202</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> Shoreline, WA 98133<br> office: 785.410.3317</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#561782"><a href="www.catonenergy.com"><span style="color:#561782">www.catonenergy.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#561782"></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Sami, Vikram [mailto:<a href="mailto:vikram.sami@zgf.com">vikram.sami@zgf.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 07, 2015 9:39 AM<br><b>To:</b> Nicholas Caton; Dale elegant; <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] eQuest LPD input output disagree</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Dale,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Curious. Could you attach your inp file? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura LT Book";color:#e33b45">Vikram Sami</span></b><span style="color:#1f497d"><br></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Futura LT Book";color:#666666">AIA, BEMP, LEED BD+C</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura LT Book";color:black"> </span><span style="color:#1f497d"><br></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura LT Book";color:#666666">Associate Partner</span><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p></td><td width="16" style="width:12.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p></td><td valign="top" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura LT Book";color:#666666">ZGF ARCHITECTS LLP</span><span style="color:#1f497d"><br></span><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Futura LT Book";color:#e33b45">T </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura LT Book";color:#666666">206.521.3509 </span><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Futura LT Book";color:#e33b45">E </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura LT Book";color:#666666"><a href="mailto:vikram.sami@zgf.com">vikram.sami@zgf.com</a></span><span style="color:#1f497d"><br></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura LT Book";color:#666666">925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2400 <br>Seattle, WA 98104</span><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Equest-users [<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nicholas Caton<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:51 PM<br><b>To:</b> Dale elegant; <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] eQuest LPD input output disagree</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">The EUI figures reported on BEPU use the building area entered in the following location (if entered). You might check here first to see if it reads 700,000 or something else:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><img border="0" width="462" height="256" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D088B7.96E81810"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">NICK CATON, P.E.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><br></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#561782">Owner</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#561782"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#561782">Caton Energy Consulting</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> 1150 N. 192<sup>nd</sup> St., #4-202</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> Shoreline, WA 98133<br> office: 785.410.3317</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#561782"><a href="www.catonenergy.com"><span style="color:#561782">www.catonenergy.com</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Equest-users [mailto:<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dale elegant<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 06, 2015 10:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] eQuest LPD input output disagree</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Dear all:</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I'm modeling a 700000 sqft warehouse, everything works fine, except in BEPU report it shows a <span lang="EN">360.310 KWH /SQFT-YR GROSS-AREA, which doesn't make any sense. The utility rates are correct, under Quality control reports, it indicates errors of the peak lighting load of 67.74 w/sqft and peak miscellaneous equipment load of 40.91 w/sqft. I did input LPD and EPD with around 0.6 w/sqft and 0.5 w/sqft, the corresponding schedules are correct, the building area in each floor and each zone are correct, the total energy demand looks about right for the size of building.</span></p><p><span lang="EN">But at some point the model makes the LPD output 100 times bigger than what I input, <span style="color:#274e13">I would appreciate it if you could provide me with any advices, thanks!</span></span></p><p><span lang="EN" style="color:#274e13">Qing</span></p><p><span lang="EN"> </span></p><p><span lang="EN" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></p><p><span lang="EN" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></p><p><span lang="EN" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></p><p><span lang="EN" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></p><p><span lang="EN"> </span></p><p><span lang="EN" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></p><p><span lang="EN" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></p><p><span lang="EN" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></p></div></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura LT Book";color:#666666"><a href="https://www.zgf.com/ZGF_Email_Disclaimer.html">ZGF Email Disclaimer</a></span> </p></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>