<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hi Grant,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">eQUEST, along with several other commonly used building energy modeling tools, received DOE funding through the two rounds of the Resilient and Efficient Code Implementation (RECI) initiative (<a href="https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/articles/meet-btos-newest-projects-support-more-resilient-and-efficient-building" target="_blank">RECI1</a>, <a href="https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/articles/meet-btos-2024-cohort-projects-support-more-resilient-and-efficient" target="_blank">RECI2</a>). The funded scope includes streamlining and automating 90.1 Appendix G modeling and model reviews and a few other upgrades. So I am glad that modeling pros like Bill keep eQUEST wish lists :-).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Maria </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM Page, Grant B via Equest-users <<a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Will there ever be any eQuest fixes and improvements? Just wondering since the lasts version is, what, 8 years old now? Bill, Do you have any insight on eQuest development? Thanks!
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bill Bishop via Equest-users<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [Equest-users] HVAC summary cooling tower error in DOE-2.3<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Brian,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I get the same error and I don’t know how to fix it. I’ll add it to my wish list of eQUEST improvements and fixes.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">~Bill<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Fountain via Equest-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 10, 2025 9:55 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] HVAC summary cooling tower error in DOE-2.3<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">When you add the line:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">… to equest.ini, eQUEST generates a helpful HVAC summary .csv. However, in 2.3, the reporting format of the PS-H changed for cooling towers resulting in this error when there is a cooling tower in the model:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Has anyone found a fix for this error? (It slows parametric runs which is problematic.)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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