[Equest-users] eQuest 3.65 automatically creates ASHRAE compliant baseline bldg after running compliance anlaysis?

[Chris Baker]

I've asked this in another forum but I haven't gotten any answers.

I wasn't even aware that this was something built in to eQuest 3.65 until last week.  But a few days ago I finished setting up my proposed building.

I then ran compliance analysis error-free after doing some troubleshooting (I had to revert to previous version of 3.65 to run successful compliance analysis due to floor layering errors).

when I ran my compliance analysis successfully (without any errors) eQuest automatically spit out a baseline PD2 file.

The name of the PD2 file is the same as the proposed building except it has a suffix of "LEED_Base_Bldg".

Everything appears to be ASHRAE 90.1 compliant for the baseline building (Air side and water side HVAC).

The water side systems have been automaticaly reverted back to their ASHRAE compliant configuration with DX coils, bypass factors, etc... (none of that was in the proposed building).

I am currently going through ASHRAE 90.1 to compare the baseline criteria to the automatically created building but as of right now I haven't found anything that needs tweaking.

I was under the assumption that I would need to create the baseline systems manually, by tweaking the electrical usage, U-values, insulation R-values, etc... of the proposed building and do a "save as".
Does anyone know if the automatically-created baseline bldg in eQuest is meant to be ASHRAE compliant?

For now, I'm going to continue looking for anything that needs adjusting but so far everything looks good for the baseline.

I've been warned not to trust the equest baseline outright, which is why I'm checking all my bases.

Currently, the baseline reverted all heating responsibilities to the air-side HVAC system.  In other words, All thermal zones fall under the air-side system as of right now (or at least that's what equest set up for the baseline).

Chris Baker
CCI CAD Drafter


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