[Equest-users] Wiki for eQuest?

[John Aulbach]

A few comments on eQuest..

1) The program is a bit like the card game bridge. You can play it straight, or you can play by the seat of your pants. I choose the latter.

2) Don't expect eQuest to stir you a martini, fetch your morning paper, or be your slave. It works for 80% of whatever energy dynamics you need. Not 100%. Unless you are seeking a post doctoral thesis. Then try another program.

3) We ALL have hit dead ends. The biggest nemesis seems to be USGBC. But then they seem to LOVE eQuest, as most of the assumption are easily found in the eQuest front end. Sure beats the DOE-2.1A days when we were unsure what SS-A was vs. SS-B. Explanations are much clearer now (even if we don't believe the results).

4) If you want total honesty, Submeter the HELL out of an existing building for 6 months. THEN you will have ALL your answers. But WHO has the BUDGET or the TIME?

Sir, keep asking your questions to BLDG-SIM. Just don't say "I am new to eQuest and I need to model the Taj Mahal to LEED Platinum, and I have a day to do it. Can you help?"

Not unless you pay some of these EXCELLENT modelers for their time. Amazingly, most of us ACTUALLY work, and our bosses expect us to concentrate on THEIR needs. As we can answer, we do. But some of these questions TAKE TIME, which occassionally we do not have.

So please hang in there..




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From: "Sundharam, Premnath" <psundharam at DLRGROUP.com>
To: STEVE SAMENSKI <steve at thespinnakergroupinc.com>
Cc: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Sent: Sat, February 13, 2010 4:28:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Wiki for eQuest?


1. Wiki for equest is a fantastic idea
2. I would def. Contribute
3. Yes I will use it extensively
4. As far as I know equest resources on the web is not great. 
Thanks for the initiative. 
Prem 


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On Feb 13, 2010, at 3:06 PM, "STEVE SAMENSKI" <steve at thespinnakergroupinc.com> wrote:


I’ve been using eQuest for over two years now and I still run into frequent dead-ends.  The program is flexible but often inscrutable. Searching the mailing list archives only gets you so far.
>
>I’ve thought about starting up a wiki for eQuest.  It’s easy enough to start a new page at Wikipedia.  I’m curious what folks here think of the idea.
>
>1) Do you see a need for an eQuest wiki?  (Definition for wki: A website or similar online resource which allows users to add and edit content collectively.)
>2) Would you add your knowledge to an eQuest wiki?
>3) Would you use an eQuest wiki?
>4) Is there a resource for eQuest advice that I’ve overlooked?  (I’ve taken one of the University of Wisconsin training courses, and I have all the DOE2 published dictionaries and PDF’s.)
>
>Steve Samenski, PE, LEED AP 
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