[Equest-users] Thoughts on EnerryPro Software

[Wayne Seward]

I've been using EnergyPro for a number of years, I've also been using eQUEST and EnergyPlus. I find that in straight  forward projects including much of my LEED EA work EnergyPro is an easy to use tool. However, when I work on projects with greater complexities & detail I often turn to EnergyPlus or eQUEST which are not quite as easy to use.

 

I tend to bounce between all three programs because none of them meet all of my needs, but I usually start with EnergyPro because it is the easiest to use. 

 

Wayne Seward, CEA, LEED AP BD&C,

Building Energy Engineer

Bear Technologys in partnership with ASTRO Energy Group

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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Mark Nieman
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 8:56 AM
To: Paul Diglio; Chris Mullinax; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Thoughts on EnerryPro Software

 

I tried using EnergyPro once and found it less flexible than eQUEST. EnergyPro does have the VRF curves available and is the easiest tool out of the box, but I found the scheduling was limited. In our case, we were modeling a change in use for a facility and had to consider different schedules. EnergyPro did not handle this well and wanted to use the same schedule in both cases. It turned out to be a deal breaker for our model and we ended up using a bin calculation that we could better control. If your system plays within the box that EnergyPro draws, you should be fine.

 

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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Paul Diglio
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 5:47 AM
To: Chris Mullinax; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Thoughts on EnerryPro Software

 

Chris:

I am modeling a Mitsubishi VRF system in eQuest.  I called the factory and they put me in touch with their modeling expert.  He informed me that they provided the curves to EnergyPro for their systems, so if you use their product, you will be good to go.  Unfortunately, they have not developed the curves for eQuest.

Paul Diglio

 

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From: Chris Mullinax <chris at mullinaxsolutions.com>
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Sent: Fri, September 10, 2010 8:40:28 AM
Subject: [Equest-users] Thoughts on EnerryPro Software

Hi,

 

I’m a mechanical engineer working on a LEED project where we are contemplating using a VRV/VRF system. I’ve seen several discussions about equest and VRV/VRF; I know several people are working on this for equest. Due to the pace of the project, and  lack of time, I’ve purchased EnergyPro software which models VRV/VRF right out of the box. 

 

I have several questions and would appreciate your thoughts.

1)      Does anyone have experience with EnergyPro? If so, do you find it more or less flexible than eQuest?

2)      Are there any advantages of EnergyPro over eQuest?

3)      Are there any shortcomings of EnergyPro over eQuest?

4)      Any other general thoughts or observations about energyPro.

 

Chris D. Mullinax, P.E., LEED AP, CEM

 

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