[BLDG-SIM] Looking for central plant energy trade-off tool for conceptual de sign

[Sylvester Kat]

Brian,

Another software I used was Trane System Analyzer.  I found it is very 
effective for a quick energy calc when you don't have a lot of detail 
information on the buildings.  I was able to match the energy bills pretty 
close to the existing buildings.

Kitty Knauz, PE
Deerfield, IL



>From: "Mike Roberts" <mroberts20 at kc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: <Mike at roberts-engineering.com>
>To: <bldg-sim at gard.com>
>Subject: [bldg-sim] Looking for central plant energy trade-off tool for 
>conceptual de	sign
>Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 10:23:15 -0500
>
>Looking for central plant energy trade-off tool for conceptual designeQUEST
>would allow you to quickly build buildings using the Schematic Design
>Wizard.  The Schematic Design Wizard has good defaults for many building
>types.  Depending on the accuracy you want initially, you could build one
>large building very quickly or you could build several models of future
>buildings and import them all into a single model for the central plant
>analysis.  This second option would also allow you to update the model as
>further information became available.
>
>If you have the first phase ready to model, you could do that with a
>multiplier, or add Schematic Design models of future buildings.
>
>Mike
>
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: postman at gard.com [mailto:postman at gard.com]On Behalf Of Brian
>Thornton
>   Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 9:09 AM
>   To: bldg-sim at gard.com
>   Subject: [bldg-sim] Looking for central plant energy trade-off tool for
>conceptual de sign
>
>
>   Hello,
>
>   Can anyone recommend software that allows fairly rapid analysis of 
>energy
>trade-offs between central plant equipment and configurations, when the
>buildings to be served and loads are still speculative?  This is for a
>campus that will be built in phases over many years, and most buildings are
>only loosely defined. DOE-2 will be more difficult and detailed than
>warranted.
>
>   Thank you for your input.
>
>   Brian Thornton, P.E.
>   Lead Engineer, Energy Services
>   GLUMAC
>   I N T E R N A T I O N A L
>   320 SW Washington, Suite 200
>   Portland, Oregon 97204
>
>   503.227.5280  Phone
>   503.274.7674  Fax
>
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