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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Baseboards are the only way I can think of to do it.  The caution I have is that DOE-2 uses baseboard heating first before any other heating to satisfy zone heating requirements (including OA!).  So, you would need to make sure the window-baseboard heater capacity (which is not auto-sized) is relatively small.<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'><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><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Equest-users [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Aulbach<br><b>Sent:</b> July-29-15 11:12 AM<br><b>To:</b> Hari Jammulamadaka; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Modelling Heated Windows in eQuest<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438182216963_7314"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Hari:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438182216963_7313"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438182216963_7312"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Could you possibly use Baseboard heating to simulate the heated windows? Baseboards are usually under windows anyway to mitigate transmission loads. Not sure how you measure the kBtu/kW of your windows, but you can translate into the same heating capacity.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438182216963_7312"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438182216963_7312"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>See if the offered eQuest controls for Baseboard satisfy your requirements on the windows.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438182216963_7312"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><h5 style='background:white' id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438182216963_8763"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>BASEBOARD</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>-CTRL<o:p></o:p></span></h5><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438182216963_8767"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Takes a code-word that specifies the </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>control</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> method for </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>baseboard</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> heating in the zone. Defines the </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>control</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> method as THERMOSTATIC using HEAT-TEMP-SCH as the setpoints, or OUTDOOR-RESET to allow </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>BASEBOARD</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>-SCH reset </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>control</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>. This is a zone-level keyword for PLENUM-type zones; it allows "</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>baseboards</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>" to be placed in plenums and allows the simulation of outside or space temperature </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>controlled</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> heaters in the return air space. The plenum heater is activated based on outside air temperature and reset schedule when it is outside </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>controlled</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>. When it is space temperature </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>controlled</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>, and if the interaction with the return air does not result in a temperature above the scheduled value, the heater is turned on. In either case, the source of energy input to the heater is defined by the specified or defaulted value for </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>BASEBOARD</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>-SOURCE. See also </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>BASEBOARD</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>-CTRL, THROTTLING-RANGE and </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>BASEBOARD</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>-RATING. Input for this keyword is the code-word that specifies the method used for </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>controlling</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> the output of the </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>baseboard</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> heating element in the zone.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438182216963_8767"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438182216963_8797"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>THERMOSTATIC           </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>Baseboard</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> heating is </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>controlled</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> by a thermostat located in the zone. The program assumes that the </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>baseboards</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> add heat as required, up to their maximum capacity, to maintain zone air temperature within the heating throttling range.If there is a heating load the </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>baseboards</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> are sequenced on first. If the </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>baseboards</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> cannot meet the entire heating load, heating from the zone's air system, if available, will then be activated.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438182216963_8797"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438182216963_8809"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>OUTDOOR-RESET         </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>Baseboard</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> heating is </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>controlled</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> by a thermostat located outside the building. In this case the program assumes that the </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>baseboard</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> heating output increases linearly as the outside air temperature decreases. The linear function and the operating period are defined by SYSTEM:</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:white;background:#3399FF'>BASEBOARD</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>-SCH.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438182216963_8809"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438182216963_8809"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>John R. Aulbach, PE<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438182216963_8809"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Los Angeles Ca<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 6:49 AM, Hari Jammulamadaka <<a href="mailto:hari.swarup@gmail.com">hari.swarup@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div id=yiv5621912509><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>I am trying to model a building with heated windows (windows with heating elements). The windows are not meant for comfort heating of the building. Just localized heating for improving the comfort conditions in the building. I have looked all over and couldn't find a way to model them. Can someone suggest how I could go about this in eQuest?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Sincerely,<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Hari<br><br><br>"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.  So throw off the bowlines.  Sail away from the safe harbor.  Catch the trade winds in your sails.  Explore.  Dream.  Discover."  --Mark Twain<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Equest-users mailing list<br><a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org" target="_blank">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><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>