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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hi everybody (it has been awhile!!),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I was skimming this and my mind was caught on diving deep into doe2’s options for sub-hourly reporting once… With due credit: I looks like it was Patrick who drew me into
that rabbit hole ^_^.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Attached is a mini-guide drafted for this community a few years ago (circa 2019) which explores/illustrates what’s possible. Hopefully this attachment is accessible for everyone,
but let me know if I need to copy/paste </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😉</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">. BLUF: with specific airside system types, eQuest by default will
determine coincident sub-hourly (15 minute fixed interval) peak draws for electric meters, and report that on SIM output ES-E. This is rudimentary however and the underlying simulation is for the most part still hourly. I’m not confident that there’s any
way to extract a 15 minute interval output, but I haven’t explored this explicitly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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 <equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Seaman, Ethan via Equest-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 20, 2025 2:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gopi K Subbiah <kgkpandian@gmail.com>; equest-users <equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] 15 minute interval peak demand data in eQuest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:red">[External email: Use caution with links and attachments]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Gobi,<br>
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As others have mentioned, eQuest runs hourly simulations. Personally, I don’t believe eQuest would be the right tool for this job. I’m not sure what you’re trying to accomplish as I’m unfamiliar with Xendee as a software, but in my experience when helping
to design EV charging stations, that 15-minute interval data would be most accurate coming from the meter or sub-meter (ideally). Furthermore, if you’re trying to
<i>predict</i> demand of an unregulated end-use you’re going to have to make some broad assumption about schedule of usage. That alone could be enough to throw your calcs off.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#004EBD">Ethan Seaman,</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#004EBD"> LEED Green Associate</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#004EBD">Sustainable Design Analyst</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#004EBD">work: 617.520.9288</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#004EBD">1000 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Gopi K Subbiah via Equest-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 19, 2025 8:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> equest-users <<a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] 15 minute interval peak demand data in eQuest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning! If there is a chance to pull peak demand kW with 15 minutes interval data in eQuest? Appreciate your help.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Gopi<o:p></o:p></p>
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