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2023-12-12 15:42:28 -0500 commented answer Enthalpy Energy Recovery plus Sensible Heat Recovery for Reheat

That's my issue too. DB is only on E+ 9.4 and you're limited by the functionality of that front end. I wasn't able to

2023-12-11 10:30:26 -0500 edited question Enthalpy Energy Recovery plus Sensible Heat Recovery for Reheat

Dual Enthalpy Wheels Can energy plus simulate AHU / DOAS units that incorporate dual enthalpy wheels or series energy re

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2023-07-19 17:47:24 -0500 commented answer Exhaust Air Heat Pumps in Equest

This sounds similar to an optional energy code pathway for laboratories in MA. Large airflows 24/7. The HP condensing

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2023-06-07 12:32:35 -0500 commented answer Number of Cooling Towers for ASHRAE90.1 Baseline

Add that to the list of things the standard committee needs to clarify in 90.1-2025...

2023-05-11 12:05:59 -0500 commented question Number of Cooling Towers for ASHRAE90.1 Baseline

Your highlighted pumps in red would be the condenser loop primary pumps and you should be able to add a secondary pump t

2023-05-11 11:28:54 -0500 commented question Number of Cooling Towers for ASHRAE90.1 Baseline

Based on that description and the diagram in the reference manual I would think you should be able to have a "primary" p

2023-05-11 11:21:53 -0500 commented answer designbuilder v7 simple hvac seasonal cop has no effect

Which report are you referencing? In simple mode I believe the full E+ output report (on the simulation > summary ta

2023-05-11 11:21:14 -0500 edited answer designbuilder v7 simple hvac seasonal cop has no effect

Circling back to answer my own question. In "Simple" HVAC mode your system efficiencies are embedded in the HVAC Templa

2023-05-10 13:23:22 -0500 commented answer Number of Cooling Towers for ASHRAE90.1 Baseline

I may be wrong but our current interpretation of Appendix G is in line with GBCI so we only model one tower, irrespectiv

2023-05-09 13:05:54 -0500 commented answer Number of Cooling Towers for ASHRAE90.1 Baseline

I've only modeled system 7 in eQUEST and am not familiar with that apparent limitation. Would love others to chime in a

2023-05-09 12:20:49 -0500 answered a question designbuilder v7 simple hvac seasonal cop has no effect

Circling back to answer my own question. In "Simple" HVAC mode your system efficiencies are embedded in the HVAC Templa

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2023-05-09 11:45:06 -0500 answered a question Number of Cooling Towers for ASHRAE90.1 Baseline

PNNL would say one tower per chiller. GBCI (i.e. LEED projects) would say one tower for the entire plant. See screensh

2023-02-14 14:55:00 -0500 asked a question Enthalpy Energy Recovery plus Sensible Heat Recovery for Reheat

Dual Enthalpy Wheels Can energy plus simulate AHU / DOAS units that incorporate dual enthalpy wheels or series energy re

2022-11-29 01:42:33 -0500 asked a question designbuilder v7 simple hvac seasonal cop has no effect

designbuilder v7 simple hvac seasonal cop has no effect Working in simple HVAC mode, ideal loads, separate fan/pump powe

2022-07-27 12:01:13 -0500 commented question Easy one, how do I attach my unit heater hot water coil to my hot water loop?

That did it, thanks!

2022-07-27 00:58:59 -0500 asked a question Easy one, how do I attach my unit heater hot water coil to my hot water loop?

Easy one, how do I attach my unit heater hot water coil to my hot water loop? OS v3.2 The zone is not attached to an air

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2021-08-23 18:25:05 -0500 edited answer Requirements for DCV in ASHRAE 90.1 baseline model

1) 3,000 cfm is the OA threshold at the system level 2) System mapping should not change based on DCV requirements. Als

2021-08-23 18:24:37 -0500 answered a question Requirements for DCV in ASHRAE 90.1 baseline model

1) 3,000 cfm is the OA threshold at the system level 2) System mapping should not change based on DCV requirements. Als

2020-03-27 11:56:03 -0500 commented answer Should the ASHRAE system 8 chiller be connected to the system 7 condenser in OpenStudio?

v4 CI for the restaurant or NC for the whole mall? In either case, if the mall is more than 150,000 sf and uses a gas h

2020-03-26 14:52:36 -0500 answered a question Should the ASHRAE system 8 chiller be connected to the system 7 condenser in OpenStudio?

Not sure why you'd be mixing those two systems for an appendix G model? As of 90.1-2013 your baseline system type depen

2019-11-12 13:07:19 -0500 answered a question LEEDv4 Kitchens G3.1.1 Exception d

We were contracted GBCI reviewers once upon a time and I think most reviewers would allow the baseline kitchen to be ser

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2019-07-01 12:36:40 -0500 answered a question 90.1 Window to Wall Ratio Calculation - Parking Garage

If this is for an appendix G analysis, the parking garage would typically be considered a separate "building area type"

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2015-09-30 18:27:39 -0500 asked a question Is it possible to add a process load to a water loop in Design Builder?

I want DB to capture some manually entered snowmelt loads so I can minimize post processing.

2015-01-16 16:04:26 -0500 commented answer Sketchup 2015 and Open Studio 1.5

I followed these steps but when I install OS, I get the following error: "Unable to locate your sketchup 2014 installation..." I don't have SU2014, I installed SU2015. What's the next step to get this to work?

Nevermind. Installing OSv1.5.5 from the developers section of the site seems to have worked. (https://www.openstudio.net/developers)