[bldg-sim] Looking for central plant energy trade-off tool for conceptual de sign

[Mike Roberts]

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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