[Equest-users] Carbon Footprint in eQUEST

Carol Gardner cmg750 at gmail.com
Wed May 19 16:21:39 PDT 2010


Thanks, Nick. For a 2 year old EIT you are pretty smart!

Humour rocks!!
Yeah, I'm Canadian.
Carol

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Nick Caton <ncaton at smithboucher.com> wrote:

>  How to do this with any energy modeling software:
>
> 1.       Create a model.
>
> 2.       Collect your annual consumed energy figures for each service
> (gas/electric) from the reports.
>
> 3.       Subtract any energy generated (wind/PV/etc).
>
> 4.       Plug those figures and the appropriate project details into the
> energystar target finder, importantly include the project’s zipcode.
>
> 5.       This is supposed to work out site vs. source emissions based on
> your project’s zip code and the local grid utility sources, when you choose
> the “grid purchase” option.  For example if you locate a building next to a
> bunch of nuclear plants, the impact is less than if the power is coming from
> a bunch of coal plants.
>
> 6.       Relevant link:
> http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=target_finder
>
>
>
> ~Nick
>
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> *From:* equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
> equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *Jon Pfantz
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:44 PM
> *To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* [Equest-users] Carbon Footprint in eQUEST
>
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> Is anybody aware of an output report in eQUEST that documents the
> building's CO2 emissions?  I haven't been able to locate any such report in
> the program.  If this is not available, can anybody point me in the right
> direction as to how I can figure out the CO2 emissions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathon Pfantz
>
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