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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Well done , Nick, as well as the rest of the team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I just attended the Chicago ASHRAE meeting in which the IES modeling team presented their results. It was very interesting in how they came up with a similar building and system design in a very different modeling
environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I’m curious as to how you automated the multivariable simulation process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:gray">Drake Wahlers, P.E., CEM</span></b><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><br>
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<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 [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nicholas Caton<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 10, 2015 9:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Sloat, Cara<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Team eQUEST: Lowdown Showdown Report<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This year at the 2015 ASHRAE Energy Modeling Conference, there was a “Lowdown Showdown” design competition. Voluntary teams representing most commercial energy simulation software packages & platforms tried to tackle a relatively open
design challenge to bring a building (of our own design) down to net-zero energy. The relatively small team representing eQUEST/DOE-2 won an award by popular vote for the “Most Creative” design solution!
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<p class="MsoNormal">The eQUEST team had 5 members (all CC’ed on this email thread) - you may recognize a few as frequent contributors over these mailing lists:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>Aaron Powers<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Cara Sloat <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Pasha Korber-Gonzales<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Chris Jones<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Nick Caton<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I served as ‘coach’ for the team, and in that context am very proud to share some new information concerning our collaborative efforts, design process, and the final ‘product’ with the greater eQUEST-users community. Those who were able
to attend the conference experienced a live presentation by representatives for the teams and a panel discussion with all of the coaches to field questions/challenges from the audience, but time was quite constrained. This this is an opportunity to share
with those who could not attend and to convey/discuss things in more detail.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Attached is a ‘poster’ that covers much of the information we presented for the project, and outlines the process we followed over the ~9 weeks we had to collaborate. We accomplished a great deal in the time we had, in spite of a late
start due to some difficulties in assembling the minimum # of members required. The team met weekly via VOIP calls (Skype/<a href="http://join.me">join.me</a>) to coordinate efforts, present individual findings, and to simply share knowledge and relate/compare
experiences. As a group, each individual identified and contributed challenges/problems/systems of interest early on, and as a group we made it a goal to incorporate those elements into our project along the way. This ‘spirit’ to tackle new/interesting issues
and to avoid “easy/obvious” solutions lead to some interesting design decisions along the way! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I initially thought I would make it a personal goal to ensure the project would be engaging, informative, and rewarding for every participant, but I learned that with the right group that is going to happen anyway! My only regret is that
more of my friends and colleagues in the industry did not get to participate. I sincerely hope when the next opportunity comes along, more individuals from this community will take the initiative to participate – it was very much worth our time!
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<p class="MsoNormal">If anybody would like to learn more or ask questions, please freely reply to this email thread!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">~Nick<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060">NICK CATON, P.E.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><b><span style="color:#561782">Owner</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#561782">Caton Energy Consulting</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"> 306 N Ferrel</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"> Olathe, KS 66061</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"> office: 785.410.3317</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#561782"><a href="www.catonenergy.com"><span style="color:#561782">www.catonenergy.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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