[Equest-users] T24 Compliance model

[Carol Gardner]

Ross,

Did you look in the output file with the .bdl extension on it or the one
named bdlout?

Carol

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Ross Farris <RFarris at glumac.com> wrote:

> Hello all,****
>
> ** **
>
> I am currently working on an apartment building here in California and
> trying to run the T24 compliance portion of eQUEST. I have run into an error
> that I cannot solve and have not seen before in the past T24 compliance
> models our firm has completed. ****
>
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>
> There is a rules evaluation error that occurs and says: “Error Writing BDL
> standard File”   Which part of the BDL are we talking about here? Is there a
> way to check this? Within the eQUEST module it says there are no BDL errors
> if I click the little blue button with the red check mark next to the
> simulation buttons. ****
>
> ** **
>
> I looked through the BDL code and nothing stands out as I scroll through it
> until I get to the bottom. There are a bunch of warnings stating:
> *WARNING***Custom weighting factors cannot be calculated for SPACE****
>
>             S~zone-A6CO13 because it has furniture but no valid floor.
> ASHRAE****
>
>             weighting factors with floor weight of 70 lb/ft2 (342 kg/m2)
> will be****
>
>             used instead. If floor is an exterior wall, underground surface
> or****
>
>             interior wall defined in this space be sure tilt = 180. If
> floor is****
>
>             an interior wall defined in an adjacent space be sure tilt = 0.
> ****
>
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>
> There are one of these for each zone. However both my LEED model version
> for this project (which works fine) and our past compliance models have had
> the same warnings for each space. ****
>
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>
> Also in my problematic compliance model there are two “cautions” that
> state:****
>
> -CAUTION--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NO
> HEATING EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN DEFINED   ****
>
> -CAUTION--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NO
> COOLING EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN DEFINED   ****
>
> ** **
>
> These are also shown in my LEED version model even though it runs and
> calculates heating and cooling loads. However these “cautions” do not show
> up un our past compliance models. ****
>
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>
> I am thinking the caution about no heating and cooling equip is happening
> because the model stops computing before it gets the chance to compute the
> heating and cooling equip because it stops for some other reason prior to
> that. ****
>
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>
> I am kind of on a time crunch to get this completed so any thoughts,
> opinions or suggestions they are greatly appreciated. I would be happy to
> answer any further questions via email or phone and would be happy to send
> you my .inp file, .pd2 file and my .bdl file if you want to take a look
> yourself. ****
>
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>
> Thanks in advance. ****
>
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>
> Cheers,****
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> *Ross Farris*
> Energy Analyst
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Carol Gardner PE
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