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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Brian,<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">~Bill<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Equest-users <equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Fountain via Equest-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 10, 2025 9:55 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> equest-users@onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] HVAC summary cooling tower error in DOE-2.3<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">When you add the line:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> StoreResults_HVAC_Summary=1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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:<o:p></o:p></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.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006298;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Brian Fountain
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