[Equest-users] Thoughts on EnerryPro Software
Mark Nieman
MARKN at McKinstry.com
Fri Sep 10 08:56:13 PDT 2010
I tried using EnergyPro once and found it less flexible than eQUEST. EnergyPro does have the VRF curves available and is the easiest tool out of the box, but I found the scheduling was limited. In our case, we were modeling a change in use for a facility and had to consider different schedules. EnergyPro did not handle this well and wanted to use the same schedule in both cases. It turned out to be a deal breaker for our model and we ended up using a bin calculation that we could better control. If your system plays within the box that EnergyPro draws, you should be fine.
Mark Nieman, PE, CEM | McKinstry | Sr. Energy Engineer
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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Paul Diglio
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 5:47 AM
To: Chris Mullinax; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Thoughts on EnerryPro Software
Chris:
I am modeling a Mitsubishi VRF system in eQuest. I called the factory and they put me in touch with their modeling expert. He informed me that they provided the curves to EnergyPro for their systems, so if you use their product, you will be good to go. Unfortunately, they have not developed the curves for eQuest.
Paul Diglio
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From: Chris Mullinax <chris at mullinaxsolutions.com>
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Sent: Fri, September 10, 2010 8:40:28 AM
Subject: [Equest-users] Thoughts on EnerryPro Software
Hi,
I’m a mechanical engineer working on a LEED project where we are contemplating using a VRV/VRF system. I’ve seen several discussions about equest and VRV/VRF; I know several people are working on this for equest. Due to the pace of the project, and lack of time, I’ve purchased EnergyPro software which models VRV/VRF right out of the box.
I have several questions and would appreciate your thoughts.
1) Does anyone have experience with EnergyPro? If so, do you find it more or less flexible than eQuest?
2) Are there any advantages of EnergyPro over eQuest?
3) Are there any shortcomings of EnergyPro over eQuest?
4) Any other general thoughts or observations about energyPro.
Chris D. Mullinax, P.E., LEED AP, CEM
Mullinax Solutions, Inc.
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