[Equest-users] Interpretation: "plant entered values report"

Jeremy Poling Jeremy.Poling at transwestern.net
Thu May 26 19:42:50 PDT 2011


LEED-Online v3 has a new line of communication open: if you go into your
project and look at the team administration tab, it will say at the top
"Your project has been assigned to" and will have a team name as a
hyperlink.  If you click on the hyperlink, it opens up a contact
information section that gives you an email address.

 

I'm not certain if all team members can see this - I can but I'm quite
often either a Project Administrator or a Project Team Manager.  If you
can't see it or don't have access to LEED-Online for the project - talk
to your Project Administrator and they can send the email.  No
guarantees you'll get a prompt reply or a reply, but many of the teams I
have contacted this way have responded within a reasonable time frame.
They'll tell you if they can give you the answer you are asking for or
if you need to file a CIR or a ticket with customer service.

 

Jeremy R. Poling, PE, LEED AP+BDC



From: Nick Caton [mailto:ncaton at smithboucher.com] 
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 5:14 PM
To: Jeremy Poling; Demba Ndiaye; Jeff Ross-Bain;
equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: RE: [Equest-users] Interpretation: "plant entered values
report"

 

Hey Jeff!

 

It's not unusual to find reviewers requesting/demanding items in terms
vague enough to suggest they've either never handled an eQuest model, or
else don't care enough about their work to be specific.  I try to accept
these realities, and prefer to assume they're compensated appropriately
for their qualifications and effort.

 

Since your reviewer is putting forth minimal effort to describe what
he/she wants to check/assess, I would just supply a PV-A report as
that's the corresponding minimal degree of effort on the modeler's part.


 

If you've got time to burn or really want to nail the coffin, I suppose
it wouldn't hurt to make a 50-page animated powerpoint on all the plant
inputs with illustrations and an accompanying soundtrack... but as you
can see this makes for a disconnect in the rigor of the review when you
don't follow your reviewer's lead.

 

Hmm - soundtrack suggestions for a boiler/chiller plant anyone?  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtrEN-YKLBM

 

PS:  I don't want to sound negative/pessimistic - I have had the
pleasure of working with reviewers who are outstanding at their jobs.
Great reviewers are both specific and direct in their commentary, making
it easy to respond,  make corrections as required and even (gasp!) learn
something.  Good reviewers will put forth a level of effort that can
both educate and inspire us to model to a higher standard - I hope they
know their work is appreciated!

 

PPS: Jeremy's response came out just as I was finishing this - opening a
line of communication with the reviewer is a fine idea, if that is
indeed an option.  If I'm not mistaken, USGBC/GBCI has always done a
pretty good job of making reviews a nameless/faceless experience
however...

 

~Nick

 

 

 

NICK CATON, E.I.T.

PROJECT ENGINEER

Smith & Boucher Engineers

25501 west valley parkway

olathe ks 66061

direct 913 344.0036

fax 913 345.0617

www.smithboucher.com 

 

From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy
Poling
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 5:01 PM
To: Demba Ndiaye; Jeff Ross-Bain; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Interpretation: "plant entered values
report"

 

That's actually a Trane Trace specific term, so your reviewer may be
thinking you used a different software than you did.  If you didn't use
Trace, I would suggest directly contacting your review team to ask them
to clarify for the software that you did use.  I'm assuming that is
eQuest based on your post being in this forum :)

 

Jeremy R. Poling, PE, LEED AP+BDC

 

 

From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Demba
Ndiaye
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 2:10 PM
To: Jeff Ross-Bain; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Interpretation: "plant entered values
report"

 

Jeff,

 

I would say one or the others: both the PV-A or the screen shots might
be able to do the job.

 

_______________

Demba NDIAYE

 

From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Jeff
Ross-Bain
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 2:56 PM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Equest-users] Interpretation: "plant entered values report"

 

Hi All,

 

I have received the following request for information from an energy
model:

 

Please attach a plant entered values report to verify that modeling
conforms to Appendix G.

 

Any idea what a "plant entered values report" is? I am assuming it is a
series of screen shots showing inputs or maybe a PV-A report but want to
be sure. I must be missing the obvious (again).

 

Thanks!

 

Jeffrey G Ross-Bain, PE, LEED AP, BEMP

404-228-2893 office 

404-408-2577 mobile
www.rbgb.com

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