[Bldg-sim] eQuest to Energy Pro: VRF
Eric Shadd
EShadd at archenergy.com
Tue Jul 8 11:45:27 PDT 2008
I looked into doing this a month ago or so. I didn't find a way for EnergyPro to read in BDL files.
My experience is that EnergyPro is really easy to use, as long as you keep track of your surface areas and spaces. That's simply because there's no 3D representation, so if you make a mistake with record-keeping, you won't see it right away. It's got copy/cut/paste for entire zones, and is built for Title 24 compliance (faster, more reliable, and better libraries than eQuest for this app).
But for overall capabilities, it is missing a share of the capabilities that eQuest offers, so in my case, I had to create an EnergyPro model for Title 24, and eQuest model for parametric analysis. Just as an example, I think in one case I couldn't put a VFD on a hot water pump.
-Eric
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Today's Topics:
1. Energy Cost for Miscelleneous Equpiment Load (eric wang)
2. eQUEST Weather Data File (Routh Consulting Engineers)
3. Re: eQUEST Weather Data File (Aulbach, John)
4. Sources for Actual Weather Data (Jeff Buscher)
5. Re: Sources for Actual Weather Data (Howe, Timothy)
6. Sources for Actual Weather Data - Clarification (David S Eldridge)
7. eQuest to Energy Pro: VRF (Matthew Higgins)
8. DesignBuilder Workshop at SimBuild 2008 (Mahabir Bhandari)
9. Custom window layout duplication (Daniel Wilkerson)
10. Shell vs. Floor Multipliers (Daniel Wilkerson)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 21:58:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: eric wang <shaojieworld2006 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Bldg-sim] Energy Cost for Miscelleneous Equpiment Load
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Hello,
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I defined the miscelleneous equipment load as internal load in my eQUEST baseline model. I can find the energy consumption in kwh in the detail output file. However, where could I find the energy cost for the miscelleneous equipment load because I want to make sure it is at least 25% of the total energy cost in the baseline model? I really appreciate if anyone can give me some hints.
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Thank
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Shaojie
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 08:31:16 -0700
From: "Routh Consulting Engineers"
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Subject: [Bldg-sim] eQUEST Weather Data File
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Are the .BIN weather data files used by eQUEST in the same format as the .BIN packed weather data file that were used by DOE2.1E? I have some actual annual weather data files for my site that I use to run my models against actual utility data for the same year to help calibrate them. My clients are requesting current work to performed using eQUEST rather than DOE2.1E, but I wanted to be able to do these same calibration checks. If they are not in the same format, is there a conversion utility available?
Thanks in advance for anyone's reply,
Rick Routh
Routh Consulting Engineers, Inc.
P.O. Box 3187
Pasco, WA 99302
509-547-8262
509-542-0650 FAX
routhconsultingengineers at charter.net
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 08:42:23 -0700
From: "Aulbach, John" <jaulbach at nexant.com>
Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] eQUEST Weather Data File
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Same format. Should be no problem to run.
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Subject: [Bldg-sim] eQUEST Weather Data File
Are the .BIN weather data files used by eQUEST in the same format as the
.BIN packed weather data file that were used by DOE2.1E? I have some
actual annual weather data files for my site that I use to run my models
against actual utility data for the same year to help calibrate them. My
clients are requesting current work to performed using eQUEST rather
than DOE2.1E, but I wanted to be able to do these same calibration
checks. If they are not in the same format, is there a conversion
utility available?
Thanks in advance for anyone's reply,
Rick Routh
Routh Consulting Engineers, Inc.
P.O. Box 3187
Pasco, WA 99302
509-547-8262
509-542-0650 FAX
routhconsultingengineers at charter.net
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Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:12:36 -0400
From: Jeff Buscher <jeff.buscher at gmail.com>
Subject: [Bldg-sim] Sources for Actual Weather Data
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I'm modeling an existing building in Trane Trace and have utility data
for the last two years. I'd like to replace the TMY2 weather data in my
model with actual hourly data. Can anyone point me to information on
where to obtain real hourly data in TMY2 format?
Jeff Buscher, PE
Essential Systems Engineering
109 Central Ave
Asheville, NC 28801
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 10:27:32 -0600
From: "Howe, Timothy" <Timothy.Howe at stantec.com>
Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] Sources for Actual Weather Data
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http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/1991-2005/tmy3/
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Subject: [Bldg-sim] Sources for Actual Weather Data
I'm modeling an existing building in Trane Trace and have utility data
for the last two years. I'd like to replace the TMY2 weather data in my
model with actual hourly data. Can anyone point me to information on
where to obtain real hourly data in TMY2 format?
Jeff Buscher, PE
Essential Systems Engineering
109 Central Ave
Asheville, NC 28801
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:38:40 -0500
From: David S Eldridge <DSE at grummanbutkus.com>
Subject: [Bldg-sim] Sources for Actual Weather Data - Clarification
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Just in case there was some confusion, the TMY3 (like TMY2) are not continuous periods of chronological time, they are 12 individual months often from different years that are combined to form one "average" or typical year for simulation purposes.
So the data are (mostly) actual hourly weather observations, but not for one continuous year that would correspond with the utility bills.
David
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> I'm modeling an existing building in Trane Trace and have utility data
> for the last two years. I'd like to replace the TMY2 weather data in my
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> model with actual hourly data. Can anyone point me to information on
> where to obtain real hourly data in TMY2 format?
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:11:49 -0600
From: Matthew Higgins <higgins at edi-arch.com>
Subject: [Bldg-sim] eQuest to Energy Pro: VRF
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Does any one know whether or not eQuest BDL can be trascribed into
Energy Pro software? I ask because I don't want to duplicate the efforts
already exerted in eQuest to be able to model a VRF system in Energy Pro.
On that same note, is Energy Pro all that different than eQuest? (In
terms of the capabilities/inputs/interface/learning-curve/etc.)
--
Matthew Higgins, LEED AP
Technical Specialist
Environmental Dynamics, Inc.
Architecture and Sustainability Consulting Services
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:08:46 -0400
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Subject: [Bldg-sim] DesignBuilder Workshop at SimBuild 2008
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:46:36 -0400
From: Daniel Wilkerson <DWilkerson at DWYER.COM>
Subject: [Bldg-sim] Custom window layout duplication
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Hey All,
I (painstakingly) entered a custom window layout in DD mode on a 4-floor multifamily mid-rise shell, but only the first floor in the shell displays my window layout whether I use the Floor Multiplier or not. Does anyone know how I can duplicate my custom window layout for all of the floors in the shell? I assumed it would do this with the floor multiplier. Thanks!
-Dan
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:26:35 -0400
From: Daniel Wilkerson <DWilkerson at DWYER.COM>
Subject: [Bldg-sim] Shell vs. Floor Multipliers
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Hey All,
Are Shell Multipliers and Floor Multipliers the same thing? If not, what is the difference? Thanks a lot!
-Dan
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