<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I personally have not used Trace for a calibrated model before, but I know people who have.</span></div><div><span>It's not really a question of software. I'd say use whatever software you are most familiar and competent with. <br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Enrique Chavez-Castro <echc@att.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Anthony Hardman' <anthony@greenengineer.com>; 'Trace List Serve' <trace-users@lists.onebuilding.org> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> 'Enrique Chavez-Castro'
<echavez-castro@willdan.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, April 24, 2012 10:14 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Trace-users] Trace for Calibrated Model?<br> </font> </div> <br>
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--></style><div><div class="yiv1843919303WordSection1"><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">It is pretty easy!</span></div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Please provide me with the following information:</span></div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Uylity Data – kwh/year</span></div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Building type</span></div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Building ft^2</span></div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;"># of floors</span></div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Building operating hours</span></div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">HVAC system Type</span></div><div
class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Climate Zone</span></div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Sincerely,</span></div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Enrique</span></div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";"> trace-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:trace-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Anthony Hardman<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 24, 2012 4:09
PM<br><b>To:</b> Trace List Serve<br><b>Subject:</b> [Trace-users] Trace for Calibrated Model?</span></div></div></div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal">Has anyone had success using Trace for calibrated energy models? I need to calibrate a geothermal water-water heat pump system for a 32ksf office building and I really don’t feel like using eQuest and doing a bunch of ECMs/performance curve generation.</div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#0F243E;">Anthony Hardman, PE, LEED AP BD&C</span></b></div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0F243E;">Building Performance Analyst</span></div><div class="yiv1843919303MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greenengineer.com/index.htm"><b><span style="text-decoration:none;"><img id="yiv1843919303Picture_x0020_1"
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