[Equest-users] WIKI for eQUEST

[David Eldridge]

IBPSA-USA is developing a wiki, we'd love to have additional contributors
from the Onebuilding community.

Let me know off-list if you are interested in the wiki or IBPSA-USA.

The intention is to cover all areas of simulation for which people will
contribute, but I think you can add some software specific examples if that
was what you could contribute.

-DSE

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On Jun 22, 2010, at 11:49 AM, Nick Caton <ncaton at smithboucher.com> wrote:

 A perspective:



A lot of people mistakenly sign up for only [bldg-sim] and/or [equest-users]
to the exclusion of the other onebuilding.org lists.  In reality, there is a
TON of useful information/discussion for any individual that is actively
posted to the different “sub-groups” here…  The body of people contributing
across these lists is not something we should risk inadvertently dividing /
pulling apart by making an “eQuest” only wiki.  Make no mistake – no archive
of useful information will ever be as functional as the community people who
created it.



My general suggestion is, if any such forum/wiki were to be conceived, it
really, really ought to be inclusive of all the onebuilding.org lists, or
else it may risk breaking apart the single most useful body of
professionals/practitioners/academics that I have ever known.  If any final
outcome ultimately disperses this group, I’d rather shoot the notion down to
start.



~Nick





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*From:* equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *Lopez, Phylroy
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 22, 2010 11:39 AM
*Cc:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
*Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] WIKI for eQUEST



I think this is an excellent idea..  Not only for eQuest but for other
simulation software.. Currently there is the IBPSA wiki that is active and
could be used.



http://bembook.su-per-b.org/index.php?title=Main_Page



As well as the NY chapter of IBPSA has some information..



http://energymodeling.pbworks.com/



The question is.. Should there is a eQuest-only wiki?





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*From:* equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *Bruce Easterbrook
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 22, 2010 9:16 AM
*To:* Anthony Hardman
*Cc:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
*Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] WIKI for eQUEST



With eQuest there are many ways to skin a cat reflecting the users past
experience and what problem they were solving when they learned the
technique.  The eQuest training session skips past much of the important
geometry input to get to some of the meatier subjects.  There are a lot of
subjects not covered in training, and many new ideas are evolving.  A Wiki
would be great and solve a few problems with this forum.  Many questions are
answered over and over.  The forum subject lines are not always indicative
of the information contained in the post.  There are a few different
opinions on some of the topics.  A Wiki would put the techniques up where
other "experts" could put in their 2 cents as well and a good reference
library could be quickly built with the best answer.  It would be very handy
at 3 in the morning when you are banging your head on a wall after missing
something simple but critical and most of the forum is sleeping.  Plus I
would imagine there would be some new tricks to be learned by the old dogs
too.
Bruce Easterbrook P.Eng.
Abode Engineering

On 22/06/2010 11:54 AM, Anthony Hardman wrote:

I think it could be extremely useful depending on how it's implemented.

Lots of industries use it already.



While it's great to have access to the multitude of eQuest opinions, I think

it also has the tendency to be overwhelming for the average new user.  For

example, Joe the Newbie asks, "how do I do such and such," which prompts a

cascade of 5 different answers.



If I'm looking for a reference, I'd be more interested in 1 good answer

rather than 5 possible answers.



To address that, would it be possible to create mini "think tanks" composed

of 3-5 volunteer sim professionals (per question) who are willing to

collaborate and come up with that "1 good answer" to be included in the wiki

FAQ?



I'd volunteer my time for that!



Anthony Hardman, PE

Building Energy Analyst

Geo-Energy Services



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Glazer

Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 9:08 AM

To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org

Subject: Re: [Equest-users] make exterior wall an interior wall



I have considered adding a Wiki to the onebuilding.org web

site to allow material related to specific simulation

programs (such as a Frequently Asked Questions for

eQUEST-users) to be posted. The visual guide that you put

together would probably be a good addition. Would a Wiki be

useful?



Jason





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