[Bldg-sim] Need to extract summer peak demand info from REM/Rate

[Jeremiah Crossett]

That does not exist, but my group may be able to write a custom computer
program that could do it..

Is this a funded effort?


On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Greg Landreth <gwlandreth at frontierassoc.com
> wrote:

> Jeremiah and others, thanks for your comments.****
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> My second question is not whether, simply, to use an alternate software –
> I believe I will need to if we are to accomplish our objective. Rather, the
> situation is that the information I have to describe the homes I need to
> model are .blg files generated by HERS raters. Given that I may want to use
> an alternate simulation software, is anyone familiar with a tool that will
> take a REM/Rate .blg input file and convert it into an input file I could
> use for one of those alternate modeling software packages.****
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> Thanks!****
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> Greg Landreth****
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> *From:* CleanTech Analytics [mailto:jeremiah at cleantechanalytics.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, February 24, 2012 12:43 PM
> *To:* Greg Landreth
> *Cc:* bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Bldg-sim] Need to extract summer peak demand info from
> REM/Rate****
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> REM Rate uses a delta T over area HDD/CDD calculation-- not an hourly
> simulation, so peak loads can not be truly addressed. You could to derive
> an average number by calculating the annual use then dividing by hours of
> year, but that still would not solve your problem.****
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> You could use eQuest, Energy Plus, TRNSYS or Sunrel.****
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> I advise Energy Plus. ****
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> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Greg Landreth <
> gwlandreth at frontierassoc.com> wrote:****
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> My company has identified a need to estimate peak demand information for
> homes that have been inspected by HERS raters and are modeled in REM/Rate.
> We are not HERS providers or sub-licensed raters, so we do not own or
> currently use REM/Rate ourselves. I understand that REM/Rate employs a
> seasonal methodology that does not predict hourly values, so I have a
> two-part question:****
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> 1.       Despite the lack of hourly simulation values, is there a way to
> derive peak demand information (e.g. given a definition of ‘peak’) using
> REM/Rate?****
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> 2.       I’m interested to know whether anybody has experience creating
> input files for other simulation software (any software that does
> residential modeling and provides 8760 output) from REM/Rate .blg files.**
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> Thanks!****
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> Greg Landreth****
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Jeremiah D. Crossett
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