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eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

eQUEST
Introductory Tutorial, version 3.63

JAMES J. HIRSCH & ASSOCIATES

April 2009

James J. Hirsch & Associates

12185 Presilla Road.
Camarillo, CA 93012-9243
Phone 805.553.9000 Fax 805.532.2401

Table of Contents
Simulation Basics

Background Information
eQUEST = DOE-2 + Wizards + Graphics
Overview of the Process
Building Blocks of Simulation
Data Requirements
HVAC Zoning
Keep it Simple but not too simple
Simplifying HVAC Zoning
Computational Steps in eQUEST
Types of Heat Transfer Surfaces in DOE-2
Types of Internal Loads

Quick Start

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Things to Know Before Getting Started with eQUEST

Installing eQUEST
Testing eQUEST
Testing eQUEST
Tour / Overview

Schematic Design Wizard

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General Information
Building Footprint
Customized Building Footprint
Importing DWG Files for Custom Footprints
Custom HVAC Zoning
Building Envelope Constructions
Building Interior Constructions
Exterior Doors
Exterior Windows
Exterior Window Shades
Roof Skylights
Daylight Zoning (ground floor)
Daylight Zoning (typical and top floors)
Activity Areas Allocation
Occupied Loads by Activity Area
Unoccupied Loads by Activity Area
Main Schedule Information
HVAC System Definitions
HVAC Zone Temperatures & Air Flows
Package HVAC Equipment
HVAC System Fans
HVAC Fan Schedules, System 1
HVAC Fan Schedules, System 2
Zone Heating & Economizer
Hot & Cold Deck Rests
Cooling Primary Equipment
Primary Equipment Heat Rejection

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Chilled Water System Control

Heating Primary Equipment
Hot Water System Control
Domestic Water Heating Equipment
Electric Utility Uniform Charges
Electric Utility Block Charges
Electric Utility Time-of-Use Charges
Electric Utility Time-of-Use Periods
Fuel Utility Charges
Saving Complex Custom Utility Rates
Project Information
Multiple Buildings in the SD Wizard

Design Development Wizard

Design Development Wizard
Project and Site Screens
Project Navigator
Project & Site: Seasonal Definitions
Building Shell: General Shell Information
Building Shell: Building Footprint
Building Shell: Pitched Roof
Bldg Shell: Building Operations Schedule
Building Shell: Activity Areas Allocation
Building Shell: Hourly Profiles
Building Shell: Zone Group Definitions
Bldg Shell: Non-HVAC Enduses to Model
Air-Side: HVAC System Definition
Air-Side: HVAC Zone Temps & Air Flows
Air-Side: Fan Schedules

Detailed Interface
Building Shell Module
Project & Site Module
Internal Loads Module
Water-Side HVAC Module
Air-Side HVAC Module
Utility & Economics Module

Energy Efficiency Measures Wizard

Roof Insulation EEM
Side Daylighting EEM
Top Daylighting EEM
Glass Type EEM
Efficient Lighting EEM
VSD Fans EEM
CHW Pump VSD EEM
EEM Wizard Run Info Screen
SD Wizard Screen #1
SD Wizard Screen #19
SD Wizard Screen #21
SD Wizard Screen #24

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Parametric Runs

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Graphical Reports

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Monthly Energy Consumption by End Use

Annual Energy Consumption by End Use
Monthly Utility Bills, All Rates
Monthly Peak Demand by End Use
Annual Peak Demand by End Use
Monthly Peak Day Electric Load Profiles
Monthly Total Energy Consumption
Annual Utility Bills by Rate
Monthly Utility Bills
Annual Energy by End Use
Annual Electric Use by Enduse
Annual Building Summary
Annual Enduse Summary

Detailed Reports
DOE-2
DOE-2
DOE-2
DOE-2

LOADS Reports
SYSTEM Reports
PLANT Reports
ECONOMICS Reports

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eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

Simulation Basics

Simulation Basics
The reader who is already familiar with building energy use simulation may
wish to skip this section, and continue this tutorial at the next section (Quick
Start). For the reader who is new to the use of building energy use simulation,
this section provides an overview from a "how-to" perspective. Two Energy
Design Resources (EDR) publications will also be very helpful to the new
simulation practitioner, providing an overview and a perspective of the role
simulation plays in the energy-efficient design process. Both are highly
recommended and are briefly described below and on the following page.

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Background Information
Integrated Energy Design
Today's building designers must view their design responsibilities from a
much broader, even global, perspective. From operating costs, to energy
efficiency, to broader issues of sustainability, the quality of building design
decisions can only be as good as the information entering the design process,
i.e., the performance levels our building design projects ultimately realize is a
function of how well informed our design decisions are.
Globally Optimum Building Design

Operating
Costs

Energy
Use

Environmental
Impacts

project performance = f(informed decisions)

The EDR Design Brief, Integrated Energy Design, uses examples to describe
the "whole-building" design process necessary to realize the full potential of
energy-efficient buildings. Simulation provides the performance information
critical to the "whole-building" energy-efficient building design process. The
Integrated Energy Design EDR Design Brief is available on-line or via free
download (PDF file) at:
http://www.energydesignresources.com/Resources/Publications/DesignBriefs.aspx

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Background Information
Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard

Building Simulation
In recent years, the remarkable gains in desktop computing power and
simulation tool technology have placed unprecedented analytical power
literally at the finger tips of building design professionals. Building designers
and developers can now take their intended building designs for a "test drive"
before "signing on the dotted line", something previously only possible under
the most generous design budgets.

Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Additional introductory background to building energy use simulation is

available in an EDR Design Brief entitled Building Simulation. Using
examples, it describes what simulation is, how it can be used to greatest
advantage, what simulation tools are widely used, and where to go to obtain
them or more information about them. The EDR Building Simulation Design
Brief is available on-line or via free download (PDF file) at:
http://www.energydesignresources.com/Resources/Publications/DesignBriefs.aspx

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Simulation Basics

eQUEST = DOE-2 + Wizards + Graphics

DOE-2-derived engine in eQUEST
DOE-2 is the most widely recognized and respected building energy analysis
program in use today. Although DOE-2 was first released in the late 1970's, it
used as starting points earlier simulation tools and methods developed and
funded by ASHRAE, NASA, the U.S. Postal Service, and the electric and gas
utility industries. During the first half of the 1980's, it continued under DOE
support, but decreasing national concern about energy created the need for
industry support, which became its principal source of support through much
of the 1990's. Through this long, and collaborative history, DOE-2 has been
widely reviewed and validated in the public domain. The simulation "engine"
within eQUEST is derived from the latest official version of DOE-2, however,
eQUEST's engine extends and expands DOE-2's capabilities in several
important ways, including: interactive operation, dynamic/intelligent defaults,
and improvements to numerous long-standing shortcomings in DOE-2 that
have limited its use by mainstream designers and buildings professionals.

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

eQUEST and Integrated Energy Design

While DOE-2 has long been available for designers to "test drive" the energy
performance of their building designs, it has been too difficult and expensive
to use for most projects. Imagine instead, a building energy simulation tool so
comprehensive that it would be useful to ALL design team members, yet so
intuitive ANY design team member could use it, in ANY or ALL design
phases, including schematic design. eQUEST is well named because it
provides something the buildings industry has been looking for, but until now
has been unable to find a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use building energy
analysis tool powerful enough to address every design team member's
domain (e.g., architectural, lighting, mechanical) but simple enough to permit
a collaborative effort by ALL design team members in ALL design phases.
eQUEST was designed to allow you to perform detailed analysis of todays
state-of-the-art building technologies using todays most sophisticated
building energy use simulation techniques without requiring extensive
experience in the "art" of building performance modeling. This is possible
because eQUEST's DOE-2-derived engine is combined with a building
creation wizard, an energy efficiency measure wizard, industry standard input
defaults, and a graphical results display module. eQUEST will step you
through the creation of a detailed building model, allow you to automatically
perform parametric simulations of your design alternatives and provide you
with intuitive graphics that compare the performance of your design
alternatives. Reliable detailed simulation has never been easier. With
eQUEST, youll be able to provide professional-level results in an affordable
level of effort. Imagine being able to evaluate todays newest building
technologies, at the speed of today's design process. Well imagine no
longer!
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Simulation Basics

eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

Overview of the Process

Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

eQUEST calculates hour-by-hour building energy

consumption over an entire year (8760 hours) using hourly
weather data for the location under consideration. Input to
the program consists of a detailed description of the building being analyzed,
including hourly scheduling of occupants, lighting, equipment, and thermostat
settings. eQUEST provides very accurate simulation of such building features
as shading, fenestration, interior building mass, envelope building mass, and
the dynamic response of differing heating and air conditioning system types
and controls. eQUEST also contains a dynamic daylighting model to assess
the effect of natural lighting on thermal and lighting demands.
The simulation process begins by developing a "model" of the building based
on building plans and specifications. A base line building model that assumes
a minimum level of efficiency (e.g., minimally compliant with California
Title24 or ASHRAE 90.1) is then developed to provide the base from which
energy savings are estimated. Alternative analyses are made by making
changes to the model that correspond to efficiency measures that could be
implemented in the building. These alternative analyses result in annual
utility consumption and cost savings for the efficiency measure that can then
be used to determine simple payback, life-cycle cost, etc. for the measure and,
ultimately, to determine the best combination of alternatives.

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Simulation Basics

Building Blocks of Simulation

Simulation Basics

Building simulation requires that a model of the

proposed building be created not a physical model
but a virtual model capable of simulating the
important thermodynamics of the proposed building.
Experienced modelers learn to prize parsimony in their
work elegant simplicity capturing the essential details, and no more. Great
minds, in addition to your's, have come to appreciate this aspiration "make
things as simple as possible, and no simpler" (Albert Einstein). Toward that
end, the following list summarizes essential components, steps, or building
blocks, in a how-to description of the process of simulation modeling.

Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Before "building" anything, including your simulation model, first consider and
collect the following
Analysis Objectives (Begin with the End in Mind)
Try to approach your simulation model with a clear understanding of
the design questions you wish to answer using your simulation model.
Simplifications that you build into your model will both unclutter your
model so you can focus on the important issues and at the same time, limit the
questions you can use your model to answer. Experience will teach you how
best to strike this important balance for each new project.
Building Site Information and Weather Data
Important building site characteristics include latitude, longitude and
elevation, plus information about adjacent structure or landscape
capable of casting significant shadows on your proposed (or existing)
building. Your eQUEST CD (or download) comes with long-term average
weather data (~30-year average) for the sixteen standard climate zones in
California. For users outside of California, over 650 weather files are
available via automatic download (as-needed). Some international locations
are also available. Visit http://DOE2.com/download/weather/ to browse
available eQUEST weather locations.
Building Shell, Structure, Materials, and Shades
eQUEST is interested in the walls, roof, and floor of your proposed
building only in so far as they transfer or store heat (or "coolth"). You
will need to have some idea of the geometry (dimensions) and
construction materials of each of the heat transfer surfaces in your proposed
building. Only the most significant need be included (e.g., many modelers
omit parapet walls or walls inclosing unconditioned spaces since they do not
directly enclose conditioned space). This will include glass properties of
windows and the dimensions of any window shades (e.g., overhangs and fins).
eQUEST provides users with simple, user-friendly, choices for each of these.
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Simulation Basics

eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

Building Blocks of Simulation (continued)

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Building Operations and Scheduling

A clear understanding of the schedule of operation of the existing or
proposed building is important to the overall accuracy of your
simulation model. This includes information about when building occupancy
begins and ends (times, days of the week, and seasonal variations such as for
schools), occupied indoor thermostat setpoints, and HVAC and internal
equipment operations schedules. eQUEST defaults operations schedule
information based on building type.
Internal Loads
Heat gain from internal loads (e.g., people, lights, and equipment) can
constitute a significant portion of the utility requirements in large
buildings, both from their direct power requirements and the indirect effect
they have on cooling and heating requirements. In fact, internal loads can
frequently make large buildings relatively insensitive to weather. More
importantly, the performance of almost all energy-efficient design alternatives
will be impacted either directly or indirectly by the amount of internal load
within a building. Although eQUEST contains reasonable defaults by building
type, the experienced user will take care to estimate these as carefully as
possible. The industry standard source for these data is the ASHRAE
Handbook of Fundamentals (published every four years), available through
ASHRAE at www.ashrae.org. Recent research into this important topic also is
available from LBNL via http://eetd.lbl.gov/EA/Buildings/PubsList.
HVAC Equipment and Performance
Few model components will have as much influence on overall
building energy use and the performance of most energy-efficient
design alternatives as will the HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, and Air
Conditioning) equipment. It follows that good information regarding HVAC
equipment efficiency will be important to the accuracy of any energy use
simulation. eQUEST assumes default HVAC equipment efficiencies according
to California's Title 24 energy standard. Where possible, equipment
efficiencies specific to each analysis should be obtained, e.g., from the building
design engineers or directly from equipment manufactures. Most HVAC
equipment manufactures now publish equipment performance data on their
web sites. Additionally, detailed equipment performance data is also available
to the public from the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) via
http://www.ari.org/directories/ and from the California Energy Commission
(CEC) via http://www.energy.ca.gov/efficiency/appliances/index.html.

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Simulation Basics

Building Blocks of Simulation (continued)

Simulation Basics

Utility Rates

Quick Start

A great strength of detailed energy use simulation using eQUEST is

the ability to predict hourly electrical demand profiles that can then
be coupled with full details of the applicable utility rates (tariffs).
eQUEST comes with the principal residential and commercial electric and
natural gas rates from the sponsoring California utilities. For California
locations (weather file selections), eQUEST defaults the rate selection
depending on climate zone and on estimated peak electrical demand.
Users outside California must create their own utility rate descriptions
using eQUEST's DOE-2-derived Building Description Language (BDL)
and save these descriptions as text files for eQUEST's use. The syntax and
structure of BDL utility rate files is explained in a file named "BDL Utility
Rate Documentation.pdf" found in the "C:\Program Files\eQUEST\Rates"
folder. A "Readme.txt" file in the same folder overviews the procedure.

Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Economic Parameters
Energy Design Resources concurs with a growing chorus
including the U.S. DOE's Federal Energy Management Program
(FEMP) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) in recommending life-cycle economics above simple payback
methods of economic analysis. Because energy efficiency investments
usually return benefit over the entire life of the building or system,
considering their life-cycle impact is most appropriate. Imagine selecting a
variable rate mortgage based on no more information than the initial
interest rate. While few would be comfortable ignoring the longer-range
terms of any loan or investment, it is common practice among building
developers and designers to recommend building efficiency investments
with equal shortsightedness. A summary discussion of life-cycle costing
with examples, including a comparison to simple payback is now part of
eQUEST v 3.63 (right click on any input field in eQUEST and select
Tutorials and Reference, then Life-Cycle Costs). While life-cycle
economics analysis is included in eQUEST, several free life-cycle cost
tools and resources are also available to the interested user. These include
the Building Life-Cycle Cost Program from NIST (free at
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/information/download_blcc.html), and
User-Friendly Life-Cycle Costing, an Excel form of the widely used
NIST/BLCC methodology (free at http://www.doe2.com). Energy Design
Resources also offers eVALUator, user-friendly life cycle economics tool
that goes beyond traditional life-cycle cost tools by including payroll and
productivity data, lease rates, and occupancy rates. eVALUator is available
free at http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/information/download_blcc.html.

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Data Requirements
Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface

The image below illustrates in detail, the type of data you should
either assemble prior to developing your simulation model, or
confirm in the course of your modeling, and the point in the design
process each item of building information typically becomes finalized.

EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Item
Architectural
building and zone areas
envelope construction materials

Design

Construction

Source

Schematic

Development

Documents

plan sheets

wall sections

surface areas (by orientation)

building elevations

fenestration areas (by

orientation)
fenestration u-value & SC

building elevations

window schedule

or specifications

Mechanical
HVAC zoning

HVAC plans

design flow rates

HVAC plans

equipment descriptions
control sequences

equipment schedules

or specifications

control diagrams

or specifications

Electrical
lighting equipment

lighting layout

or lighting schedule

x
x

Internal Loads
peak occupancy (by zone)
peak lighting (by zone)
peak equipment (by zone)

owner, operator

lighting plans

mech or owner

Operations
per zone:
occ, lights, equip schedules

owner or operator

thermostat schedules

owner or operator

per terminal system:

outside air operations

HVAC equip schedule

hot & cold deck

temperatures
fan schedules

HVAC equip schedule

fan kW

HVAC equip schedule

owner or operator

per primary system:

lock-out schedules

control sequences

Economic
utility schedules (all fuels)
equipment costs
life-cycle cost parameters

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utility representative
designer or
manufacturer
owner

eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

Simulation Basics

Data Requirements (continued)

The same list of data (from previous page) is organized below to
help the modeler make and manage data collection assignments to
other design team members. Date columns allow more detailed data
to be targeted as it becomes available or necessary.

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard

Modeling Information Request

Project Name / Date

Parametric Runs

assignment

Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

INFORMATION
date3

date2

date1

DATES

ARCHITECTURAL
floor plans
space layout/areas, surface orientations
elevations
surface areas (windows, doors)
building/wall/roof sections
materials composition
site plans
adjacent structures and landscape
roof plans
skylights and overhangs
gross area & net (conditioned area)
ENVELOPE MATERIALS
glazing shading coefficient, u-value, frame type, interior shading
u-values: wall, roof, ceiling, skylight, slab & spandral

MECHANICAL
HVAC plans
approximate HVAC zoning layout
equipment types
approx equipment sizes, design conditions, & efficiencies
anticipated control sequences

ELECTRICAL / INTERNAL LOADS

lighting plans
lighting power density (by HVAC zone)
design illuminance (by HVAC zone)
peak occupancy (by HVAC zone)
peak equipment (by HVAC zone)

OPERATIONS
per HVAC zone
occupancy, lights & equipment schedules
thermostat settings and schedules
per air handler
anticipated coil leaving air temperatures
minimum outside air
fan schedules
anticipated fan static & efficiency
central plant (if applicable)
chilled & hot water temperatures
equipment control sequences

ECONOMIC

base case first costs (for equipment & systems affected by ECM's)
ECM first costs
applicable & optional utility rates
POTENTIAL ECM's
envelope
lighting
mechanical

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HVAC Zoning
Simulation Basics
Quick Start

HVAC zoning recognizes that load profiles seen by different spaces

in a building differ. Identifying those areas with similar load
profiles and grouping them under the same thermostat control
improves comfort and may reduce energy. For example, imagine
measuring indoor air temperatures at many locations throughout a
building during hours when the HVAC fans are turned off. Internal gains,
solar gains, and envelope gains/losses would cause the temperatures to vary
with time. If, after some number of hours or days, you carefully examined the
temperature histories, grouping together those that shared similar profiles, you
would have effectively grouped together those areas of the building that share
similar load characteristics. Each such area or "zone" could, therefore, be
adequately controlled by a single thermostat. In other words, HVAC thermal
zoning seeks to group together those areas (rooms) in a building that share
similar load and usage characteristics, for purposes of control. Of course, this
imagined procedure is not how HVAC engineers actually zone any building.
Rather, the rules listed below are followed. The same rules apply when zoning
a simulation model.

Computational Steps in eQUEST

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

To better understand the results and limitations of eQUEST's

DOE-2- engine, it is helpful to be familiar with the generic
computational steps DOE-2 has always gone through in its
simulation. The sequence illustrated below depicts seven broad steps of
calculations performed hourly by eQUEST. Note that these seven steps occur
within four overall areas of the program, Loads, Systems, Plant, and
Economics. Understanding this sequence is important to understanding the
detailed reports produced by eQUEST's DOE-2-derived engine. See the
Detailed Reports section of this tutorial for a brief overview of the available
detailed reports. eQUEST produces intuitive graphical summary results
reports. See the Graphical Reports section for more information about
eQUEST's summary reports.

LOADS

Instantaneous
Gain

Space
Load

SYSTEMS
Heat
Extraction

Coil
Load

PLANT
Primary
Energy/Demand
ECONOMICS
Utility
Rate
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Utility Costs

eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

Simulation Basics

Types of Heat Transfer Surfaces in DOE-2

Simulation Basics

To better understand how an eQUEST simulation views your

simulation problem, it is useful to recognize that DOE-2 has
always had only four types of heat transfer surfaces on its "palette"
to use to model the various types of heat transfer surfaces in your
actual (proposed) building:

light-transmitting surfaces, e.g., windows, glass block walls, sliding

glass doors, skylights, etc. - DOE-2 thinks of all of these as the same
type of heat transfer surface, i.e., a WINDOW.

exterior surfaces, e.g., opaque exterior surfaces such as exterior walls,

roofs, and floors, etc. - DOE-2 thinks of all of these as the same type
of heat transfer surface, i.e., an EXTERIOR-WALL.

interior surfaces, e.g., opaque interior surfaces such as interior walls,

interior floors, and interior ceilings, etc. - DOE-2 thinks of all of these
as the same type of heat transfer surface, i.e., an INTERIOR-WALL.

Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

underground surfaces, e.g., underground surfaces such as basement

floors & walls, & slab-on-grade - DOE-2 thinks of all of these as the
same type of heat transfer surface, i.e., an UNDERGROUND-WALL.
eQUEST automatically provides its DOE-2-derived simulation engine with the input descriptions
it needs, based on your easy-to-understand building description.

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Types of Internal Loads

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard

To better understand how eQUEST views your simulation problem, it is useful

to recognize that there are three broadly different categories of internal loads.

DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

1) loads seen by BOTH a thermostat and the utility meter

examples include: receptacle or plug loads (e.g., electric
and electronic office equipment), task lighting, ambient
(over-head) lighting, etc.

2) loads seen ONLY by a thermostat, not by the utility meter

examples include: occupants, process loads, propane-powered
fork lifts in a warehouse, etc.
3) loads seen ONLY by the utility meter, not by any thermostat
examples include: outdoor parking lot or sign lighting, lights
and plug loads in exhausted spaces
eQUEST allows users to model any of these, but supports only the more
common load examples from within its Wizards.

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Quick Start

Quick Start
Things to Know Before Getting Started with eQUEST
Simulation Basics

Whole building analysis. eQUEST is designed to provide whole

building performance analysis to buildings professionals, i.e., owners,
designers, operators, utility & regulatory personnel, and educators. Whole
building analysis recognizes that a building is a system of systems and

Quick Start

that responsive design is a creative process of integrating the performance of

interacting systems, e.g., envelope, fenestration, lighting, HVAC, and DHW.
Therefore, any analysis of the performance consequences of these building
systems must consider the interactions between them in a manner that is
both comprehensive and affordable (i.e., model preparation time, simulation
runtime, results trouble shooting time, and results reporting).

EEM Wizard

Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

What Comes in the Package? There are two main parts to eQUEST:
1) the Wizards (both for building creation and EEM analysis) and 2) the
Detailed Interface (including Results Reporting).
Wizards. eQUESTs Wizards are intended to simplify and speed up the

process of preparing building models for simulation analysis. Compared to

conventional simulation tools, eQUESTs wizards ask comparatively few
questions of the user. Combining limited user input with dynamic intelligent
defaults, eQUESTs Wizards can be used either to conduct schematic (i.e.,
preliminary screening) analysis or to speed the preparation of more detailed
models to be used for more detailed analysis. Currently, eQUEST comes with
three Wizards, the Schematic Design Wizard (SD Wizard), the Design
Development Wizard (DD Wizard), and the Energy Efficiency
Measures Wizard (EEM Wizard). The SD Wizard and DD Wizard are
used to create building models. The EEM Wizard is used to evaluate building
design alternatives. This tutorial provides an introduction to all three wizards.
There are two main differences between the SD Wizard and the DD Wizard:
1) The SD Wizard can only create a single building shell. A building shell
refers to any area of the building that shares the same (or similar) footprint
shape, HVAC zoning, ceiling height, envelope construction type, or HVAC
services. The DD wizard can be used to create buildings that require multiple
shells. 2) The SD Wizard can create up to two HVAC system type templates
(from which one or more HVAC systems will be created in your model). The
DD Wizard can be used to create many HVAC system type templates and
provides more flexibility in assigning them to building areas. For these two
reasons, the DD Wizard is more commonly used. Users can start their
eQUEST project in either wizard. SD Wizard projects can be converted to the
DD Wizard projects at any time, however, DD Wizard projects cannot be
convert to a SD Wizard project.

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Things to Know Before Getting Started with eQUEST (cont.)

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard

Detailed Interface. eQUESTs Detailed Interface is a Windows-based

interface to the DOE-2.2 simulation engine, the most widely recognized,

used, and trusted building simulation tool available today. Compared with the
Wizards, the Detailed Interface requires very detailed data. If a user relies on
the Wizards to quickly prepare a rough (i.e., approximate) model of the
building, s/he can then add refinements, as needed or preferred, in the
Detailed Interface.

Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports

Parametric or EEM Analysis. The principal use for eQUEST is to

Detailed Reports

evaluate the energy use performance impact resulting from building design
alternatives (i.e., design options). This is typically done by simulating at
least two versions of a building, one with and one without some specific
alternative(s). If this is done via the wizards, eQUEST refers to this as EEM
Analysis. If this is done in the Detailed Interface, eQUEST refers to this as
Parametric Analysis. Since EEM Analysis uses the EEM Wizard, it is
quicker and easier than Parametric Analysis but provides less detailed control
of the design alternatives. Parametric Analysis provides more detailed control
of the design alternatives but requires more detailed preparation and input.
EEM Analysis is introduced in this tutorial. Both EEM Analysis and
Parametric Analysis are covered in the eQUEST Modeling Procedures Quick
Reference Guide.
Help & Documentation. Item Help (brief, one paragraph to one page,
explanation of the requested item),Topic Help (topical help), and Tutorials

(step-by-step illustrated examples) are available via right mouse click at any
eQUEST input field in the Wizards or the Detailed Interface. The Item Helps
and Topic Helps are drawn from the ~3000-page six volume DOE-2.2
Reference Manual. These DOE-2.2 reference manual is also available in PDF
format via separate download from www.DOE2.com. New users should start
by reading this eQUEST Introductory Tutorial and then move onto the
eQUEST Modeling Procedures Quick Reference Guide. Both are available via
right mouse click at any input field.
On-Screen Data Types. Font color is used to identify which input values

displayed on eQUEST screens are defaults versus user inputs, etc. (see
Detailed Interface Basics in the Quick Reference Guide):
red
user input (or wizard input written to the Detailed Interface INP file
green
eQUEST (or DOE-2.2) default values
dk blue Library values
lt blue
User-defined default values
magenta values based on formula-like expressions
purple
linked values

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Things to Know Before Getting Started with eQUEST (cont.)

Results Reporting. eQUEST results are available in a wide range of
detail. Graphical Results Reports provide high level results in graphical

and tabular formats. Some of these report results for a single run, others report
comparisons for multiple runs. Parametric reports are also available for EEM
Wizard runs and Parametric Runs. Summary Reports (only one is currently
available, but more to come) provide high level sanity check type results.
Detailed Simulation (DOE-2) Reports are text-based that provide very
detailed results. Hourly Reports provide optional hour-by-hour (8760) listings
of hourly simulation variables which can be easily exported to spreadsheets.
Each of these is overviewed in this tutorial. For more details, see Results
Reporting in the Modeling Procedures Quick Reference Guide):

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

eQUEST Project files. eQUEST project files include the following

(identified by their file extension, i.e., the last three characters in their name)
PD2

stores the building description input into the Wizards (user inputs only,
no defaults) viewed and modified using the Wizards.

INP

stores DOE-2.2 building description inputs. The INP file is initially

created by the Wizard (when you click the Finish button to leave the
Wizard, but may be modified by the user in the Detailed Interface
viewed and modified using the Detailed Interface.

PRD

Parametric Run Definitions used to define parametric run inputs.

(EEM Wizard runs are stored in the PD2 file.) viewed and modified
using the Parametric Run dialog in the Detailed Interface.

SIM

DOE-2.2 Detailed Simulation Outputs a large text file (132 column

format, one SIM file is automatically produced for each eQUEST
simulation run viewed using the D2SIM Viewer available in the
Detailed Interface.

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Quick Start

eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

Installing eQUEST
Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Visit www.energydesignresources.com or www.DOE2.com/eQUEST to

download the latest version of eQUEST.
If you are installing eQUEST 3.63 or later and if a version of eQUEST with
the same version number is already installed on your computer, uninstall the
version on your machine before installing the new version (via Start/Control
Panel/Add or Remove Programs). If older versions of eQUEST (i.e., different
version number) are currently installed on your computer, they do NOT have
to be uninstalled if you would prefer to retain them. Uninstalling eQUEST
never deletes any eQUEST user project files. To install eQUEST 3.63, within
Windows Explorer, double click the eQUEST setup.exe file. Follow the
installation wizard prompts. See the illustrations on the following pages.
Important Note: To better support Windows Vista users, the default
installation location for many but not all eQUEST 3.63 (and later) files has
changed. Only the executable files (.exe, .dll, .ini, etc.) are now installed under
the Program Files directory, e.g., C:\Program Files\eQUEST 3-63. All other
eQUEST program files are stored in two new locations. eQUEST user project
files (e.g., PD2 and INP files) are stored in one location (see below) while all
eQUEST program data files (e.g., weather files, custom glass and utility rate
library files, tutorials and reference files, etc.) are stored in a second location.
The location for both (project & data files) depends on a new installation
option:
New Installation Option: During the installation process, you are prompted

to install the eQUEST data files either:

1) for use by anyone logged onto to the computer ( All Users, the default
option for user with administrative privileges), or;
2) for only your use (Just Me), i.e., for users logged on using the same
account you are logged on as during the eQUEST installation.
If All Users is selected (see Fig. 3), your eQUEST program project files are stored under:
XP users: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents\eQUEST 3-63 Projects
Vista users: C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\eQUEST 3-63 Projects
while your user data files (e.g., weather data, etc.) are stored under:
XP users: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents\eQUEST 3-63\Data
Vista users: C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\eQUEST 3-63
If Just Me is selected (see Fig. 3), your eQUEST program project files are stored under:
XP users: C:\My Documents \eQUEST 3-63 Projects
Vista users: C:\Users\<user name>\ Documents\eQUEST 3-63 Projects
while your user data files (e.g., weather data,etc.) are stored under:
XP users: C:\My Documents \eQUEST 3-63 Data
Vista users: C:\Users\<user name>\Documents\ eQUEST 3-63
where <user name> in the path names above are replaced by the account name
of the person whos account was in use during the eQUEST installation.
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Installing eQUEST (continued)

To install eQUEST version 3.63 (or later), from within Windows Explorer,
double click on the eQUEST_v3-63_ Setup.exe file and follow the
installation wizard prompts, as illustrated in the following figures.

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard

Figure 1, First Install Wizard

Screen

Detailed Interface

At the first screen, select

Next to proceed with the
installation of eQUEST.

Parametric Runs

EEM Wizard
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Figure 2, License
Agreement Screen

At the second screen, after

reading the end user
agreement, to proceed with the
installation of eQUEST 3.63,
select I Agree.

Figure 3, File Locations &

Components Screen

At the third screen, select either

Just Me or All Users (the
default). IMPORTANT: this
selection will help determine where
the eQUEST data and project files
are installed. See the Important
Note on the first page above for a
brief explanation. Float your mouse
curser over any of the check boxes
for a brief description of each option
here. After making your selections,
click Next to proceed with the
installation.
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Installing eQUEST (continued)

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Figure 4, Component
Locations Screen

At the fourth screen, if you

prefer to install the executable
program files (.exe, .dll, .ini,
etc.) for version 3.63 in a
location other than Program
Files\eQUEST 3-63, substitute
your preferred location or
folder name on this screen.
Click Next to proceed with
the installation.

Figure 5, Start Menu

Options Screen

At the fifth screen, indicate

your preferred name for the
Start Menu folder that will
contain the eQUEST launch
icon (default: eQUEST 3.63).
Click Install to proceed with
the installation (typically takes
up to a minute to complete).
At the sixth (and final) screen,
click Close to complete the
installation of eQUEST.

Figure 6, Installation
Complete Screen

At the sixth (and final) screen,

click Close to complete the
installation of eQUEST.

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Testing eQUEST
1

To test the installation, start

eQUEST (from the desktop or from
the Start button: Start / Programs /
eQUEST 3-63 / eQUEST 3-63, or
from Windows Explorer, the default
location is "C:\Program Files\
eQUEST3-63"). The Startup
Options Dialog is presented. Select
"Create a New Project via the Wizard"
(the default) and press OK (see below).

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
1

Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

From the next dialog, select to run the

Schematic Design Wizard.

At the next screen

(Schematic Wizard Screen
1 of 41), press Finish (see
illustration at right). This
will cause a DOE-2 file to
be written (taking 10 to 20
seconds).
This will automatically
navigate you to
eQUESTs Detailed
Interface. Click on the
Simulate Building Performance
button (left hand side of the screen,
see below).

5
4

After pressing the Simulate Building Performance button (above), the

simulation will run, taking 5 to 10 seconds, depending on computer
speed.
Upon completion of the simulation run,
a dialog is presented, from which you
should select View Summary
Results/Reports.
6

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Testing eQUEST (continued)

Simulation Basics
Quick Start

Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Selecting View Summary Results/

Reports (on the previous screen)
will navigate you into the results
reporting section of eQUEST. The
default report will include a stacked
bar charts illustrated at right. If no
error messages appear on the screen
and you are able to view the default
results report, the test has completed
successfully.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Your computer
must have a default printer installed,
otherwise, no reports will be displayed
at step 7 above.

To exit eQUEST, select Return to Building Description Mode near the

upper left area of the screen, then select File and Exit from the menu at the
top left portion of the screen.

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Tour / Overview
Start eQUEST: Start eQUEST session by double clicking on the
eQUEST icon from your desktop, from your Start button, or from
Windows Explorer (the default location is "C:\Program Files\eQUEST
").
Create a new building description using eQUESTs Wizards: From
the Startup Options dialog (see the first image below right), select
"Create a New Project via the Wizard" (the default), then press
.
You are then asked which wizard youd like to use, the Schematic
Design Wizard, or the Design Development Wizard (see the second
image below right). Select to use the Schematic Design Wizard.
Review or modify as many of the Schematic Design Wizards inputs
as you prefer. The wizard screens include:

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

general project information including: building

type, size and principal HVAC system type
overall building geometry including: footprint,
floor-to-floor distance and zoning pattern
building constructions types for walls, floors,
roofs, etc.
window and door sizes, distribution by orientation
& glass type
"activity areas" by fraction of total building area
and distribution used to set default values for
occupant density, other internal loads and
ventilation requirements
building operations schedules for occupancy,
lights, and equipment
type & area assignment for HVAC system types
air-side and water-side design flow rates,
capacities, power and efficiencies, setpoints, and control options
domestic water heating type, demands, capacity, and efficiency
While in the the wizard, press
or
at any time to
backup or move forward through the wizard input screens. User inputs
at any time
are shown in red font, defaults in green font. Press
to leave the Schematic Design Wizard and proceed to the Detailed
Interface. Your inputs to the wizard are stored in the project PD2 file.

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eQUESTs Detailed Interface

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Selecting the Finish button in the wizard saves your wizard inputs
into your project PD2 file, writes an INP file (which contains the
DOE-2.2 input file), and navigates you to eQUESTs Detailed
Interface. The Detailed Interface is a Windows interface to DOE-2.2.
Use eQUESTs Schematic Design Wizard to modify an existing
model: You can return to eQUESTs Schematic Design Wizard,
modify your wizard inputs and regenerate your building model,
provided that the original building model was generated by the wizard.
Any edits made to your model directly in the Detailed Interface (see
"Review or edit detailed project inputs" below) will NOT be reflected
in the Schematic Design Wizard.
If you wish to save your original building model prior to making
changes, then save the model by clicking the toolbar button,
selecting File/Save or pressing Ctrl-S before launching the wizard.
Launch the wizard by clicking on the Schematic Design Wizard button
on the eQUEST analysis tool bar (near the top of the eQUEST
screen). If you wish to save your modified model under a new file
name, then visit the first wizard screen and modify the Project Name
field prior to selecting the Finish button from the wizard. This will
cause the modified model to be saved using the new project name.
Use eQUESTs Energy Efficiency Measure (EEM) Wizard to
quickly & easily explore your preferred design alternatives: After
creating a new building description (e.g., using the Schematic Design
Wizard) or loading an existing building description (previously created
using the Schematic Design Wizard), from the eQUEST analysis tool
bar you can launch the EEM Wizard to quickly describe up to ten
design alternatives to your base building description. You can then
automatically simulate any or all of these alternative cases and view
the simulation results as either individual or comparative graphs.
Advanced design simulation was never so quick and easy.
Perform a simulation: From the eQUEST analysis tool bar (near the
top of the eQUEST screen), press the Run Simulation button to
perform an annual simulation of the base building design description
and/or of any of your design alternatives.
Review simulation results: Upon completionof the simulaiton, select
(or from the eQUEST analysis tool bar,
press the Results Review mode button) to view eQUESTs graphic
output reports. In the Results View screen, at the bottom of the results
tree diagram (left side of the screen) select the
tab,
then select one or more projects for which you wish to view results.
Select the
tab, then selectany of the Single-Run Reports.

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eQUESTs Detailed Interface

Review and/or edit detailed project inputs (advanced users): If
desired (not required), review or even edit the complete building
model prepared by eQUEST based on the wizard inputs and defaults.
The model is organized into the following categories of input which
are accessible from the associated icon on the project navigation bar at
the top of the eQUEST Project View screen (press the Project View
mode button on the analysis tool bar to select the Project View
screen):

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

overall project info; design day and annual

weather data; project report requests
zoning; geometry and contructions for
spaces, walls, windows and doors
internal loading and schedules for people.
lights and equipment
water-side distribution and primary
equipment
air-side distribtuion and secondary
equipment
meter/sub-meter assignments; utility rate
tarriffs
Accessing the detailed view of the project data will permit more
detailed building descriptions; however, reviewing or modifying
detailed project inputs is not recommended for new users. To make
edits to the building model directly within the Detailed Interface,
change the Mode from Wizard Data Edit to Detailed Data Edit
by pulling down on the Mode menu (see illustration at right).

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Schematic Design Wizard

eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

Schematic Design Wizard

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard

Begin eQUEST by doubling clicking on the eQUEST icon from your

desk top, from your Start button, or from Windows Explorer (the
default location is "C:\Program Files\eQUEST 3"). The Startup
Options Dialog is presented. Select "Create a New Project via the
Wizard" (the default) and press OK.

General Info
Bldg Footprint
Constructions
Exterior Doors
Windows
Skylights
Daylighting
Activity Areas
Occupied Loads
Unoccupied Loads
Main Schedules
Alt. Schedules
HVAC Sys Type

eQUEST Startup Options Dialog

Zone Temp. & Air

Packaged Equip
HVAC Fans
Fan Sch #1
Fan Sch #2

Zone Ht & Econo

Deck Resets
WSHP Equip

NOTES:
Rules to know regarding custom building footprints in eQUEST:
1) Maximum Number of Vertices. 120 vertices max for any one polygon.
2) Order to Create Vertices. Vertices are enumerated (and MUST be created)
in counter-clockwise order.
3) Legal Polygon Shapes. A building footprint polygon cannot have any
cutouts (i.e., no donut shapes), no line segments can cross another segment
in the same polygon (e.g., no figure eight shapes).

Packaged Equip
HVAC Fans
Fan Sch #1
Fan Sch #2
Zone Ht & Econo
Deck Resets
WSHP Equip
Chillers
Cooling Towers
CHW Control

OTHER NOTES:

Boilers

. Use these buttons in the upper left area of

4) Edit Control Buttons
the screen to delete the currently selected vertex, to undo, and to redo the
last edit operation.
5) Vertex Grid Control (spreadsheet). Use the vertex grid control in the lower
left hand area of the screen to directly edit the numeric data for each
vertex. This can be useful to "clean up" some vertex locations that didn't
line up satisfactorily.
6) View Drawing Tablet Properties
. Select this button to specify or
change drawing tablet properties, e.g., view extents, grid On/Off, grid
resolution, snap priority.

HW Control
DHW Equip
Utility Charges
Project Info
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Introductory Tutorial, page 33 of 134

Schematic Design Wizard

eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

Importing DWG Files for Custom Footprints

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
General Info
Bldg Footprint
DWG Import
Constructions
Exterior Doors
Windows
Skylights
Daylighting
Activity Areas
Occupied Loads
Unoccupied Loads
Main Schedules
Alt. Schedules
HVAC Sys Type
Zone Temp. & Air
Packaged Equip
HVAC Fans
Fan Sch #1
Fan Sch #2
Zone Ht & Econo
Deck Resets
WSHP Equip
Chillers
Cooling Towers
CHW Control
Boilers

Besides customizing an already-selected building footprint shape (page

22), you can start from scratch ("Blank Slate") to create a completely
custom building footprint shape. Additionally, you can base your custom
footprint on any DWG file by first importing it, then "tracing" around it.
NOTES:
1) Custom Footprint Initialization Options. After selecting "-custom-" from
the Footprint Shape list, an initialization dialog will appear. To draw a
completely custom building footprint shape, select Start With "Blank
Slate".
2) Initial Display Extents. Specify the extents (in feet) of the drawing area of
the Custom Building Footprint dialog screen. These can easily be changed
once the drawing "tablet" is opened using the (see the View Drawing
Tablet Properties button
on the Custom Building Footprint dialog).
3) Background Image. Place a check mark in Import DWG File. This will
cause an Open dialog to be presented. Use this to locate and import a
DWG file (see below).

HW Control
DHW Equip
Utility Charges
Project Info
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

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Schematic Design Wizard

Importing DWG Files (cont.)

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
General Info
Bldg Footprint
DWG Import
Constructions
Exterior Doors
Windows
Skylights
Daylighting
Activity Areas

After selecting a DWG file from the Open dialog, the DWG File Open
dialog will be presented (above).
"1 DWG Unit =". This is the unit conversion used in the original DWG
file. It is normally sufficient to allow the settings for DWG units to default
(e.g., "inches").

Occupied Loads
Unoccupied Loads
Main Schedules
Alt. Schedules
HVAC Sys Type
Zone Temp. & Air
Packaged Equip

"Drawing origin in Building Model Units". This entry should be the world
coordinates of a point in the DWG file that the user wants to coincide with
the origin of the eQUEST drawing screen (i.e., eQUEST building origin).
The origin of the eQUEST building will be the point on the Custom
Building Footprint screen where the vertical and horizontal axes intersect
(i.e., X=0, Y=0).

HVAC Fans

If the user can first open the DWG file in a CAD program, a point can be
selected (e.g., the lower left hand corner of the building in plan view) as
the building origin and its coordinates relative to the world coordinate
system determined. The X and Y values for these world coordinates
should be entered at "Drawing origin in Building Model Units".

Chillers

If a user does not have a CAD program that can read a DWG file (e.g.,
AutoCAD), allow this value to default.
Select

then

to import the DWG file.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Use the CAD Drawing Properties screen to close or

disconnect a CAD file from the project. Pull down the Cad Drawing File
selection box at the top of the screen and select -none-.

Fan Sch #1
Fan Sch #2
Zone Ht & Econo
Deck Resets
WSHP Equip
Cooling Towers
CHW Control
Boilers
HW Control
DHW Equip
Utility Charges
Project Info
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

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Schematic Design Wizard

eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

Importing DWG Files (cont.)

After importing the DWG file, if no image is apparent on the screen, the
drawing origin coordinates (entered or defaulted) probably placed the
DWG image outside the current viewing extents. To find the imported
image, zoom out using the button (perhaps "way out"!). If you had to
zoom "way out", the imported drawing may appear as a relatively small
object.
In most cases, it will be necessary to align the DWG image with the origin
on the drawing screen. To move it to the origin of the drawing screen, pan
the DWG image only by selecting both the "DWG-only" button and the
pan button , then pan as required.
IMPORTANT NOTE!
As you pan the DWG image to align with the eQUEST drawing screen
origin, it may become necessary to readjust (i.e., zoom) the drawing
screen extents. To readjust the drawing screen extents, you will want to
turn OFF the DWG Drawing Only button first , then select the zoom
button and adjust the zoom of the drawing image, as preferred. If you
need to pan the DWG image further (to get it to align with the eQUEST
drawing screen origin), select both the and the buttons again, then
continue to pan as required. When you are finished adjusting the position
of the DWG image relative to the drawing origin, remember to turn off the
button.
If you inadvertently use the button and the button together (i.e., by
forgetting to turn off the button before zooming), this will adjust the
scale of the DWG image! which may not be what you intended. To
repair an inadvertent change of scale to the DWG image, revisit the DWG
button, then reset the scale
Drawing Properties dialog by selecting the
value for "1 DWG Unit =" to its original value (i.e., 1.0).

HW Control
DHW Equip
Utility Charges
Project Info
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

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Schematic Design Wizard

Importing DWG Files (cont.)

Ext. Stairs

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
General Info
Bldg Footprint

Stage

Stage
Auditorium

Auditorium

DWG Import
Constructions
Exterior Doors
Windows

DWG file with exterior walls and

zone boundaries traced (magenta)

Outside wall and zone boundary

traces saved as separate DWG file

Skylights
Daylighting
Activity Areas
Occupied Loads
Unoccupied Loads
Main Schedules
Alt. Schedules
HVAC Sys Type
Zone Temp. & Air
Packaged Equip
HVAC Fans
Fan Sch #1
Fan Sch #2
Zone Ht & Econo
Deck Resets
WSHP Equip
Chillers
Cooling Towers
CHW Control

Separate DWG file imported with footprint and zone boundaries only
Experienced CAD users may wish to create a DWG file containing only
the essential information need by eQUEST. This can be done by first
tracing around the building image in a CAD program (e.g., using the
PLINE command) and tracing the preferred HVAC zone boundaries then
saving the footprint and zone boundaries as a separate DWG file (e.g., via
the WBLOCK command in AutoCAD)
The images on this page illustrate a DWG drawing that was first traced to
identify only the building shell and HVAC zone boundaries (above left).
This "tracing" was saved as a separate DWG file (above right), which was
then imported to provide a cleaner image to trace in eQUEST.

Boilers
HW Control
DHW Equip
Utility Charges
Project Info
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

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eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

Importing DWG Files (cont.)

If a "full" DWG file is imported into eQUEST (not one that has been
simplified as suggested on the previous page), the user may find it helpful
to "turn off" the irrelevant layers to avoid clutter on the eQUEST screen
before attempting to "trace" it. Do this via the drawing layers button .
will display the DWG Layers list
Selecting the drawing layers button
dialog. Selecting any layer on the list will cause the DWG drawing
elements assigned to the selected layer to blink on and off. This should aid
the user to identify the assigned drawing elements. Uncheck any DWG
drawing elements that clutter the view of the thermally significant features
of the drawing, e.g., the exterior building envelope and interior partitions
associated with HVAC zone boundaries.

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Importing DWG Files (cont.)

With the DWG file aligned in the background as desired and using
conventions described previously on page 24, start by clicking on any
point or vertex on the drawing screen, then trace around the imported
DWG file image, proceeding in a counter clockwise order (image above).

Packaged Equip

to adjust snap options, e.g., snap

Select the Drawing Properties button
ON/OFF, snap first to DWG vertices, second to eQUEST polygon
vertices, etc.. Press "Done" to return to the Building Footprint wizard
screen (below left, also shows custom zoning see following pages).

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Fan Sch #2
Deck Resets
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Custom HVAC Zoning

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
General Info
Bldg Footprint
Custom Zoning
Constructions
Exterior Doors
Windows
Skylights
Daylighting
Activity Areas
Occupied Loads
Unoccupied Loads
Main Schedules
Alt. Schedules
HVAC Sys Type
Zone Temp. & Air
Packaged Equip
HVAC Fans
Fan Sch #1
Fan Sch #2
Zone Ht & Econo
Deck Resets

Zoning Pattern. From the Building Footprint screen, users may select
either predefined HVAC zoning (e.g., perimeter-vs-core, one-per-floor) or
custom HVAC zoning. As with the building footprint, predefined zoning
patterns may be customized or you can start from scratch ("Blank Slate")
to create a completely custom HVAC zoning plan (see below shows one
zone completed) or "trace" around an imported DWG image. Select
"Create New Zone" to begin drawing or tracing each new zone.

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Building Envelope Constructions

2)
3)

NOTES:
Roof Surfaces and Above Grade Walla Construction. Default
constructions are based on building type (selected previously). Selections
for construction constrain the available Insulation choices.
Roof/Wall Exterior Finish and Color. Choices for Finish and Color are
used to define the ext. surface solar absorptance and ext. film resistance.
Ground Floor and Below Grade Wall Construction. Prior input for the
number of below grade floors determines whether below-grade walls are
displayed. The Ground Floor may have earth contact or may be over a
crawl space, unconditioned space, or garage.
Infiltration. Click this report
button to display the
infiltration dialog. Three
choices of infiltration
specification are available:
CFM/ft2 of ext. wall area,
CFM/ft2 of floor area, and air
changes per hour.

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DOE-2 note: All constructions are "delayed" (i.e., use LAYERS

commands) so that custom weighting factors may used. Two-dimensional
heat transfer effects due to thermal bridging in framed surfaces and slab
edge effects are accounted for using published one-dimensional
approximations (i.e., from ASHRAE and LBNL).

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Building Interior Constructions

Fan Sch #1
Fan Sch #2
Zone Ht & Econo
Deck Resets
WSHP Equip

2)
3)

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NOTES:
Building Interior Constructions. Default constructions are based on
building type (selected on Screen1). Selections for interior constructions,
as well as prior inputs (e.g., number of above grade floors, floor height)
constrain the available Interior Finish and Insulation options.
Vertical walls. For open office plans, select Air (none).
Floors. Note that these are interior floors. Normally, interior floors will
have no insulation applicable (see next item).
Slab Penetrates Wall Plane. This check box is viewable only if the
Construction for the interior floors is one of the Concrete choices. If the
interior concrete floors penetrate the exterior wall plane, i.e., the slab edge
is exposed to outdoor ambient conditions, check this box to reveal slab
edge insulation and finish options.

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Exterior Doors
Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
General Info
Bldg Footprint
Constructions
Exterior Doors
Windows
Skylights
Daylighting
Activity Areas
Occupied Loads
Unoccupied Loads
Main Schedules
Alt. Schedules

NOTES:
1) Door Type. Currently, six door types (i.e., categories) are available: opaque,
overhead (opaque), glass, sliding/atrium glass, air lock glass entry, and glass
revolving. Construction details and u-value for opaque doors are per ASHRAE
Handbook of Fundamentals.
2) # Doors by Orientation. All doors are placed only on the ground floor and are
centered along the applicable facade(s).
3) Door Construction / Glass Types / Frame Types. Opaque door type and frame
type selections are per the ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals. Glass doors
are from the DOE-2 glass library (see DOE-2.2 Volume 4: Appendices for a
listing).
Up to three types of doors may be defined using eQUEST's Schematic Design
Wizard.

HVAC Sys Type

Zone Temp. & Air
Packaged Equip
HVAC Fans
Fan Sch #1
Fan Sch #2
Zone Ht & Econo
Deck Resets
WSHP Equip
Chillers
Cooling Towers
CHW Control
Boilers
HW Control
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Exterior Windows
Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
General Info
Bldg Footprint
Constructions
Exterior Doors
Windows
Skylights
Daylighting
Activity Areas
Occupied Loads
Unoccupied Loads
Main Schedules
Alt. Schedules
HVAC Sys Type
Zone Temp. & Air
Packaged Equip
HVAC Fans

Fan Sch #1
Fan Sch #2
Zone Ht & Econo

Deck Resets
WSHP Equip
Chillers
Cooling Towers
CHW Control
Boilers
HW Control
DHW Equip
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Detailed Reports

NOTES: Define up to 3 glass types.

Window Area Specification Method. Use this to indicated whether the
window-wall ratio percentages are based on floor-to-floor (the default and
applicable for most building energy codes) or floor-to-ceiling dimensions.
Glass Category and Type. Predefined glass categories and types are
available from the DOE-2 glass library (right click any input eQUEST
field and select Tutorials and Reference, then DOE2 Glass Library, for a
listing), which allows for incident angle dependencies to be fully
accounted for. Select specify properties if you wish to define your own
glass type using either NFRC SHGC and U-factor (includes frame), or
ASHRAE Shading Coefficient and U-Value (normally treated as exclusive
of the frame). Select Window4/5 data if you wish to use (i.e., import)
glazing systems defined using WINDOW4 or WINDOW 5 (see
http://windows.lbl.gov/software/window/window.html)
Frame Types. Window frame type selections are per the ASHRAE
Handbook of Fundamentals. IMPORTANT: When using NFRC window
properties (i.e., includes frames) Frame Width should be set to zero.
% Window (i.e., glass percent of wall area), by up to five Orientations.
IMPORTANT: To accommodate large WWR %s, decrease Sill Ht. and
Frame Wd., and increase Window Ht.
Typical Window Width. Use this to indicate multiple, identical, windows
of a preferred typical width. Typical Window Width = 0 yields one long
window per window type (3 max) per faade. On exterior walls where
doors are also placed (centered), the window is "split" around the door(s).

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Exterior Window Shades

1)
2)
3)
4)

NOTES:
Exterior Window Overhangs and Fins. Select preferred placement of fins
and overhangs and which glass types they apply to (check boxes).
Shade Depths. Indicate preferred overhang and/or fin depths, by
orientation.
Distance from Window. Indicate the distance an overhang is above the top
of the adjacent windows, or fins are left and right of the adjacent windows.
Window Blinds/Drapes. Currently, this control is only available in the
Schematic Design Wizard if Usage Details on SD Wizard Screen #1 is
set to Hourly Enduse Profiles. Use this to specify the use of interior
drapes and blind. (This control is always available in the DD Wizard.)
Window Blinds/Drapes Season
Definitions. This button allows you to
define window interior shade
management using up to three seasons,
which can differ from the seasons
defined previously for all other
building schedules in the project.

DOE-2 note: Overhangs are local, i.e.,

modeled using the OVERHANG keywords
for WINDOWs. Their shadows are felt
only by the windows to which they are
assigned, their parent wall, and the other
windows on the same wall.

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Roof Skylights
Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
General Info
Bldg Footprint
Constructions
Exterior Doors
Windows
Skylights
Daylighting
Activity Areas
Occupied Loads
Unoccupied Loads
Main Schedules
Alt. Schedules
HVAC Sys Type
Zone Temp. & Air
Packaged Equip
HVAC Fans
Fan Sch #1
Fan Sch #2

1)
2)

Zone Ht & Econo

Deck Resets

WSHP Equip
Chillers
Cooling Towers

CHW Control
Boilers
HW Control

Occupied Loads by Activity Area

NOTES:
1) Lighting, task Lighting, Plug Loads. Indicate/confirm peak loads for lights
(ambient and task) and plugs (equipment), by activity area. These loads
are normally considered to be installed load. Defaults are taken from
California Title24 requirements.
2) Main/Alt Schedule flag. Use these "radio buttons" as flags to indicate
whether one or two usage schedules are necessary to describe building
usage patterns. These schedules will be detailed on subsequent screens.

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Unoccupied Loads by Activity Area

NOTES:
eQUEST usage schedules assume two levels of activity, occupied and
unoccupied. Use this screen to indicate load levels during unoccupied
hours as a percent of the occupied levels indicated on the previous two
screens.

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Main Schedule Information

NOTES:
eQUESTs Schematic Design Wizard permits up to two building usage
schedules, a main schedule and an alternate schedule. This example
employs only one schedule (i.e., no alternate schedules indicated on the
Occupied Loads screen, two screens prior to this one). These building
usage schedules are used to indicate to the simulation engine the
appropriate level of internal load for each hour of the year.
1) Day 1 - Day 3. Indicate how many day types are required to describe the
building usage, e.g., one day for hospitals (each day is equally occupied),
two days for office buildings (weekday and weekend days).
2) Occupancy/Lights/Equipment %. Indicate the level of load for people,
lights, and equipment during occupied hours (as a percentage of installed
load indicated on previous screens).
3) Second Season. Check this box if you wish to specify a second schedule
season. The default second seasons are based on building type, e.g.,
summer for schools, December for retailers. Repeat the previous two steps
as necessary.

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HVAC System Definitions

2)
3)

NOTES:
The Schematic Design Wizard permits up to two HVAC system types
(templates) to be described. The defaults are based on building type &
HVAC equipment type from the first screen. The number of actual
systems used in the model (in the Detailed Interface) varies and depends
on system type. Single zone system types yield one system per zone.
Multiple zone type systems assume one AHU per floor.
Cooling/Heating Source. eQUEST's HVAC system type selections are
categorized by cooling/heating coil type. Select the appropriate coil types.
Defaults are taken from input for coil types on the first screen.
System Types. Select your preferred system type (choices are constrained
by coil type selections). Default system types are based on building type.
Return Air Path. Select return air path (direct, plenum, ducted). eQUEST's
Schematic Design Wizard constructs separate zones above ceilings if the
floor-to-floor height exceeds the floor-to-ceiling height from the 3rd
screen. Whether such an above-ceiling zone is a return air plenum or an
unconditioned zone is determined by the selection for return air path.
System Assignment to Thermal Zone. If two systems are input (as shown
above), eQUEST prompts to learn which zones are served by which
system. For this example, do not specify a second system type by right
clicking on the System 2 Cool Source and selecting restore default.
IMPORTANT NOTE: More than two HVAC System Types are permitted

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in the Design Development (DD) Wizard. More detailed assignments are

HVAC System Fans

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NOTES:
1) Cold Deck Rest Type. Currently, there are three choices:
"Warmest" - the cold deck is reset as much as possible, i.e., to just
meet the demand of the warmest zone on the system. To implement
this strategy typically requires a building automation system.

CHW Control

"Outside Air Reset" - the deck is reset based on outdoor air

temperature, e.g., at an outdoor high air temperature of 80F, the cold
deck temperature will be reset to its minimum (e.g., 50F); at an
outdoor air temperature of 60F, the cold deck temperature will be reset
to its maximum (e.g., 65F) - conversely for hot decks.

Boilers

"Constant" - no reset, i.e., constant deck temperature.

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2) Cooling Max. This is the maximum cooling supply (supplied to the

zones) air temperature allowed under any reset control scheme.
3) Cold Setpoint. This is the minimum cooling supply (supplied to the
zones) air temperature allowed under any reset control scheme. It is
also the fixed supply air temperature in the Constant control option.
Note that these reset temperatures are supply (i.e., space-entering)
temperatures, not deck-leaving temperatures. The deck leaving
temperature will be calculated to provide the space-entering temperature
after fan heat and duct gains, if any. Currently, by default, the Wizards
assume no duct heat gain. Deck resets are not available in DOE-2 for DX
equipment, hence none are shown above for HAVC System Type #2
(selected previous as System Type #2).

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Cooling Primary Equipment

NOTES:
The Schematic Design Wizard permits up to two types of chillers to be
modeled (but multiple chillers of each type). For equally sized chillers,
default chiller control assumes the 1st chiller will lead and the 2nd chiller
will lag. When two chillers are operating, both are equally loaded. This
Cooling Primary Equipment dialog is displayed only if a CHW-based
system type was selected as one of the two system types on screen #19.
CHW Loop Head and Design Delta T. Used to specify the total pressure
drop (ft of head) and design delta T for the CHW loop, which governs the
pump power (kW). IMPORTANT: See the item help for these (right click).
Pump Configuration. Select/confirm the preferred pump placement.
Circulation pumps can be placed in any of three configurations: only at the
loop, only at the chiller, at both the loop and the chiller(s). IMPORTANT:
eQUESTs wizards only provide a single CHW plant with primary loops
(no secondary loops). See the Detailed Interface for more options.
CHW Loop Flow. Indicate/confirm loop as either constant or variable. If
loop flow is set to variable, the Schematic Design Wizard prompts for the
method of pump control (single speed, two speed, or VSD).
Loop Pump Head/Flow. These inputs are used only to size the pump. Use
CHW Loop Head and Design Delta T to size the pressure drop & flow of
the entire loop.
Chiller Count/Size/Efficiency. By default, chillers are auto-sized, i.e.,
automatically sized by DOE-2. To specify the chiller size, select
Specify". Chiller efficiency defaults based on chiller type and size.

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Primary Equipment Heat Rejection

NOTES:
This dialog is displayed only if a CHW system was selected on screen #19
and condenser type = Water-Cooled or Remote Air-Cooled on screen #31.
1) Condenser Types (previous screen). There are four choices: WaterCooled, Packaged Air-Cooled (condenser electric is included in the chiller
efficiency), Remote Air-Cooled, Remote Evap-Cooled. Which inputs are
displayed on this dialog depend on the Condenser Type on screen #31.
2) CW Loop Head and Design Delta T. Used to specify the total pressure
drop (ft of head) and design delta T for the CW loop, which governs the
pump power (kW). IMPORTANT: See the item help for these (right click).
3) Condenser Pump Head/Flow. These inputs are used only to size the CW
pump. Use CW Loop Head and Design Delta T to size the entire loop.
4) Condenser Configuration. Four condenser types available: open (crossflow and counter-flow) towers, open towers with heat exchangers, fluid
coolers, and dry coolers (default differ by primary equipment types).
5) Temperature Control. Two condenser temperature control options are
supported in the Wizards: fixed and reset. The control set point (fixed or
minimum) is defaulted based on temperature control method.
6) Capacity Control. Capacity control options include: single speed (cycling),
two speed, VSD, bypass, and discharge dampers.
7) Remote Air-Cooled Condensers. Inputs are provided for Condenser Fan
Control, Setpoint Control, and Setpoint Temperature. The same inputs are
provided for evaporative condensers, plus Design Wetbulb.

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Chilled Water System Control

NOTES:
This CHW System Control dialog is displayed only if a CHW-based
system type was selected as one of the two system types on the HVAC
System Definitions screen (screen #19).
1) Setpoint is. Three CHW setpoint control options are supported: "fixed"
(constant setpoint, no reset); "Load Reset" (reset based on load); "OA
reset" (reset based on outdoor air temperatures). In the reset cases, both
minimum and maximum CHW temperatures are input.
2) CHW System Operation. Three CHW system operation modes are
supported: "Standby" (the default, loop operates whenever system fans are
on); "Demand" (loop operates only when there is a load); "Scheduled"
(scheduled either as on/off or based on outdoor air temperature, e.g.,
operates only during scheduled hours when outdoor temperatures
exceeded the OA Temperature). The schedule corresponding to a
scheduled system operation defaults to follow either the first or second
HVAC system schedule, depending on which is system is cooled by CHW
coils.
3) CHW Setpoints. Depending on choice of reset control, CHW setpoints are
required to specify CHW min and max temperatures (Setpoint is = Reset
or OA Reset), or CHW setpoint value (Setpoint is = Fixed).

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NOTES:
This Electric Utility Charges dialog is displayed only if a Gas Utility Rate
was selected as Custom on Screen #1). This screen is identical in design
to the Electric Utility Charges screen (two screens previous), except that
no TOU option is available (TOU options are rare for natural gas rates).

Zone Temp. & Air

Packaged Equip
HVAC Fans
Fan Sch #1
Fan Sch #2
Zone Ht & Econo
Deck Resets

IMPORTANT NOTE:

WSHP Equip

button in the
To save your wizard utility rates for future use, click the
upper right area of the screen to save this rate. Retrieve a saved wizard
utility rate by selecting Utility = File on screen #1.

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Boilers
HW Control
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Detailed Reports

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Saving Complex Custom Utility Rates

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
General Info
Bldg Footprint
Constructions
Exterior Doors
Windows
Skylights
Daylighting
Activity Areas
Occupied Loads
Unoccupied Loads

Main Schedules
Alt. Schedules
HVAC Sys Type

Zone Temp. & Air

Packaged Equip
HVAC Fans
Fan Sch #1

Fan Sch #2
Zone Ht & Econo
Deck Resets
WSHP Equip
Chillers
Cooling Towers

CHW Control
Boilers
HW Control
DHW Equip
Utility Charges

Project Info
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard

Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Currently, the utility rate save feature can only be used to save utility rates
defined entirely within the wizard. eQUESTs wizards are designed to cover
the common inputs, leaving more advanced utility rate features (e.g., ratchets,
rate limiters, rate qualifiers, etc.) to be modeled using refinements added in
the Detailed Interface. Currently, there is no simple (one-click) way to save
utility rates which are refined or modified in the Detailed Interface (e.g., to
add advanced features), for later re-use in new wizard projects. The simplest
method currently available to save your custom utility rates is done from
within the detailed interface and requires a text editor. The steps to save your
advanced utility rates and then later retrieve them for use in the Wizard are:
Leave the Wizard, i.e., proceed to the Detailed Interface (in the Wizard, press
the Finish button). Once youre in the Detailed Interface, add any necessary
advanced rate features in the Detailed Interface and save your project.
Within your project folder (see the installation guide portion of this tutorial for
options on where your eQUEST project files are stored), locate and open the
project INP file (project file with INP file extension) using any text editor
(e.g., Windows NotePad or WordPad).
In the INP file, find the BLOCK-CHARGE and UTILTY-RATE commands
(always near the bottom of the INP file) and copy these into a separate text
file. Be sure to include the command terminators (double periods ..). See a
file named DOE2-BDL Utility Rate Documentation.pdf found in the
eQUEST 3\Rates folder for a detailed description of these DOE-2 BDL
commands.
If your rates included schedules (e.g., for seasonal or time-of-use periods),
you will need to find and copy all DAY-SCHEDULE-PD, WEEKSCHEDULE-PD, and SCHEDULE-PD commands for all utility rate-related
schedules. Place these at the top of the separate text file (i.e., before the
BLOCK-CHARGE and UTILTY-RATE commands).
Name you separate text files (containing your utility rate-specific DOE-2 BDL
commands) any thing you wish and use ERT as a file extension for the
electric rates. Use GRT for gas rates. Select your file names to clearly
identify the utility company and tariff name.
Place these ERT and GRT files in the eQUEST\Rates folder. (see the
installation guide portion of this tutorial for options on where eQUEST data
files are stored). See the Readme.txt file in the eQUEST\Rates folder for
more information.
The next time you start eQUEST, these ERT and GRT files will be selectable
from within the Wizard (screen #1). Select Utility Electric or Utility Gas =
-file- to see a listing of all the ERT and GRT files youve stored in the
eQUEST\Rates folder.

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Project Information
Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
General Info
Bldg Footprint
Constructions
Exterior Doors
Windows
Skylights
Daylighting
Activity Areas
Occupied Loads
Unoccupied Loads
Main Schedules
Alt. Schedules
HVAC Sys Type

NOTES:
1) Building Owner and Building Location. Currently, the building location
and building owner input on this screen is not output anywhere, therefore,
it is useful only as project description information in the Wizard only.
2) Component Name Prefix and Suffix. These input fields are provided to
enable Schematic Design (SD) Wizard users to prepare separate building
descriptions, then compile them together into a multi-building project in
the Detailed Interface. See the follow page for a description of this
process.
To leave the Schematic Design Wizard and proceed to the detailed interface ,
button in the lower right hand portion of the screen.
click on the
button, eQUEST writes a "DOE-2" input (*.INP)
After pressing the
file. This is a text input file containing DOE-2s BDL (Building Description
Language) input language.

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Multiple Buildings in the SD Wizard

DOE-2 BDL requires that every object within an INP file be uniquely named.
Using the Prefix/Suffix fields on the Project Information screen (last screen in
the schematic wizard), avoids redundant default component names by adding
your unique characters as a prefix and/or suffix to the name of every
component in the BDL input (INP) file.
Procedure:
On the Project Information Screen, use the Component Name Prefix and
Suffix fields to uniquely name every project component. These input fields are
provided to enable Schematic Design (SD) Wizard users to prepare separate
building descriptions, then compile them together into a multi-building project
In the Detailed Interface. Characters input in these two fields are added as
prefixes and/or suffixes to all building component names.
For example, suppose we wish to create a small two building campus for our
eQUEST project. To do so, we could prepare the first building description in
the Schematic Wizard, then on the Project Information Screen, enter a unique
identifier in the prefix field, e.g., Bdg1. In this case, Bldg1 would be
added as a prefix (first four characters) to every component name in the INP
file for our first building. Note that we are limited to a total of four characters
(prefix + suffix). Press Finish to leave the SD Wizard and proceed to the
Detailed Interface. From within the Detailed Interface), save your file
(File/Save).
Start a new SD Wizard project (or return to the previous project Wizard
screens). On Screen #1, name the project to reflect your second building.
After describing the second building in the SD Wizard, enter Bld2 as a
prefix on the Project Information Screen. Leave the SD Wizard (proceed to
the Detailed Interface) and save your file.
In the Detailed Interface, change the Mode to Detailed Data Edit (from the
Mode menu at the top of the Detailed Interface screen). Import the first project
into the second project (from the menus at the top of the Detailed Interface
screen, File/Import). Save-As to save and rename the combined project.

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DD Wizard

Design Development Wizard

The preceding section has provided an overview of the Schematic
Design Wizard. For more complex buildings, e.g., for buildings with
floors having different shapes or for buildings that have progressed to
the design development phase, the Design Development (DD) Wizard will
provide additional modeling flexibility.

Simulation Basics

If the reader has not reviewed the previous section describing the Schematic
Design (SD) Wizard, they should do so prior to reviewing this section as the
DD Wizard employs most of the same screens as the SD Wizard and those
common screens will not be covered again in this section. Note however, that
the screens are arranged somewhat differently in the DD Wizard to allow
more flexibility. There are also a few new screens in the DD Wizard. Only the
new screens (i.e., not covered in the previous section) will be reviewed here.

Project & Site

The DD Wizard groups the input screens into categories, e.g., Building Shell,
Air-Side Systems, etc. The organization for the DD Wizard is shown below.

Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Project Navigator
Building Shell
Air-Side Systems
WLHP Systems
CHW plant Equip
HW Plant Equip
DHW Equipment
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs

Launch
eQUEST

Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Project/Site/Utility/
Schedule Seasons

Building
Shell(s)
Building
Shell
Building
Shell

Air-Side
System(s)
Building
Shell
Building
Shell

CHW Plant

DD Wizard
Project
Navigator

WLHP Plant

HW Plant

DHW Equipment

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In the DD Wizard, users can specify multiple building shells (i.e., separate
buildings, floors, wings, etc.), and multiple Air-Side HVAC System
templates, however, it currently only allows the description of one central
plant per project. Multiple central plants are permitted in the Detailed
Interface. The central screen in the DD Wizard is the Navigator, so-called
because all of the other DD Wizard screen groups are connected to one
another by the Navigator.

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Design Development Wizard

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard

Begin eQUEST by doubling clicking on the eQUEST icon from your desktop,
or from your Start button, or from Windows Explorer. From the Startup
Options Dialog, select "Create a New Project via the Wizard", and press OK.

DD Wizard
Project Navigator
Project & Site
Building Shell
Air-Side Systems
WLHP Systems
CHW plant Equip
HW Plant Equip
DHW Equipment
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Select to create a new project via the

Wizards, then select to run the
Design Development Wizard

Project and Site Screens

1) General Information screen. The information collected on this screen is very similar to the
General Information Screen for the SD Wizard (page 25), except that the inputs for building
size, number of floors, and heating/cooling source, which have been relocated to the shell
and air-side system screens.
2) Note that the button in the lower right corner is not labeled Finish as it is in the SD Wizard.
In the DD Wizard, this is labeled Continue to Navigator or Return to Navigator. Click
Continue to Navigator to proceed to the Navigator.
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DD Wizard

Project Navigator
Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Project Navigator
Project & Site
Building Shell
Air-Side Systems
WLHP Systems
CHW plant Equip
HW Plant Equip
DHW Equipment
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports

The Project navigator is the command center for the DD Wizard. From this
screen, users select which screens they wish to visit. This screen is also used
to create multiple building shells and air-side systems.
Multiple building shells are used to define separate building floors whose
shape or zoning or height differ from one another, or to define different wings
of buildings or separate buildings (e.g., a campus of buildings).
You can also create multiple air-side systems. This adds flexibility in
specifying which areas of a project are served by different HVAC systems.
1) Project / Site / Utility. Access General Information, Compliance Analysis
Settings, Project Seasons Definitions, and Utility Charges.
2) Building Shell. Define the building shell, including the building operations
scheduling and internal loads.
3) Air-Side Systems. Define multiple air-side HVAC system templates.
4) Package HVAC Condenser Water Equip. Define WC DX equipment.
5) WSHP Plant Equipment. Define water source heat pump equipment
specifications (only one WSHP plant per project).
6) GSHP Plant Equipment. Define ground source heat pump equipment
specifications (only one GSHP plant per project).
7) CHW and HW Plant Equipment. Use this to access central cooling and
heating plant equipment specifications (currently, one plant per project).
8) DHW Equipment. Use this to access domestic hot water equipment
specifications (currently, only one DHW system type per project).
NOTE: Since most of the DD Wizard screens are identical to the Schematic
Wizard screens described previously, only those screens that are unique to the
DD Wizard, or were not previously described, will be included below.

Detailed Reports

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Return to the previous screens by clicking the Project/Site/Utility button at

the upper left portion of the Navigator screen, then click Next Screen. This
screen allows the user to specify the number of seasons, up to three, to be used
in the building operations schedules. This screen is always displayed in the
DD Wizard, but it is only available in the SD Wizard if Usage Details on
the SD Wizard Screen #1 is set to Hourly Enduse Profiles (in which case,
the screen illustrated above is Screen #13 in the SD Wizard.).
1) Description of Seasons. Select the option that best describes the buildings
operational periods or seasons. For some building types, "Typical Use
Throughout Year" is the only available selection. For others there may be
more than one selection for Season Description. The available selections
represent preset options describing the buildings operation over the
course of a year. For example, for a school, the available Season
Descriptions are "Year Round Classes", "Full Nine Months, Reduced
Summer Session" and "Full Nine Months, No Summer Session."
2) Observed holidays. Presents a predefined list of 20 possible holiday dates
(inset above), with 10 pre-selected for observance.
3) Number of seasons. Select 1, 2 or 3 seasons to be used in ALL of the
building operations schedules (3 seasons illustrated above). This limit of 3
seasons is one of convenience for use in the Wizards. In the Detailed
Interface, you can have up to 52 seasons in any schedule.
4) Number of Date Periods. Use these controls to specify multiple date
periods though the year to be associated with any of the (up to three)
seasons. Any date periods not included in Season #2 or #3, are assumed to
be included in Season #1.

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DD Wizard

Building Shell: General Shell Information

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Project Navigator
Project & Site
Building Shell
Shell Info.
Air-Side Systems
WLHP Systems
CHW plant Equip
HW Plant Equip
DHW Equipment
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports

This screen differs slightly from its counterpart in the SD Wizard, in that this
screen contains some of the data relocated from the DD Wizard General
Information Screen (compare to SD Wizard Screen #1, page 25).
1) Shell Name. Use this field to name the currently selected shell component.
A shell might be a separate building on a small campus of buildings, or a
floor (or floors) with a unique common footprint, or a floor (or floors)
with a unique common zoning scheme, or separate wings of a building.
2) Specify Exact Site Coordinates. This is an optional control that would
generally only be invoked to help locate a shell relative to another shell in
the same project.
3) Area and Floors. These inputs function in an identical manner to their
counterparts in the Schematic Wizard (see SD Wizard Screen #1).
4) Use Floor Multipliers. Use this check box to grant or deny permission to
sue floor multipliers. This control is displayed only when the number of
floors above grade (or below grade) exceeds 4. (See Simulation Basics at
the beginning of this Tutorial, Keep it Simple but not too simple)
5) Shell Multiplier. Use this to implicitly model multiple shells identical to
the one you are describing.

Detailed Reports

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Quick Start

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Building Shell: Building Footprint

Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Project Navigator
Project & Site
Building Shell
Bldg Footprint
Air-Side Systems
WLHP Systems
CHW plant Equip
HW Plant Equip
DHW Equipment
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Most of the controls on the DD Wizard Building Footprint screen are identical
to their counterparts in the SD Wizard. One difference is the addition above,
of the Specify Zone Depth check box.
1) Specify Zone Depth. Use this check mark box to invoke default shapes by
using he aspect ratio (width in plan view divided by height in plan view) of
the footprint. For example, this is convenient to indicate that a building
footprint is twice as long as it is wide.
2) Pitched Roof. Click on the button below the Pitched Roof check box to view
the pitched roof dialog (see next page).
Building Shell screens 3 through 11 are identical (or nearly identical) to their
counterparts in the SD Wizard (see pages 26 - 44 above).

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Building Shell: Pitched Roof

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Project Navigator
Project & Site
Building Shell
Sloped Roofs
Air-Side Systems
WLHP Systems
CHW plant Equip
HW Plant Equip
DHW Equipment
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

This screen (which is also available in the SD Wizard) is used to define

characteristics of pitched roofs.
1) Insulation Location. Invoking the Pitched Roof option will always assume
that an attic space exists below the pitched roof (i.e., currently, cannot be
used to define vaulted ceilings).
2) Toggle Hip/Gable Roof Ends. Left click on the thick pale red lines to
toggle between hip and gable (illustrated above) roofs.
3) Roof Pitch. Indicate the degrees of slope for the pitched roof. Degrees
slope can be calculated as tan-1(rise / run). For example, a roof with a rise
of 5 in a 12 run = tan-1(5 / 12) = 26.6 degrees
4) Overhang Projection. Used to extend the roofline to create a
soffit/overhang.
5) Gable Projection. This control is displayed only if there is at least one
gable end roof selected.

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Bldg Shell: Building Operations Schedule

Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Project Navigator
Project & Site
Building Shell
Ops. Schedules
Air-Side Systems
WLHP Systems
CHW plant Equip
HW Plant Equip
DHW Equipment
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Use this screen to indicate only the occupancy start and stop times for the project
(for up to three seasons as illustrated above).
1) Use. Select the use option that best describes the operational characteristics of
the building for each Building Operation Season. The choices for Season Use
vary by building type. For example, a building type of "Restaurant, Full
Service (full menu)" has the following choices for Season Type (Use):
"Closed for Business", "Low Meals Served", "Typical Meals Served" and
"High Meals Served."
2) Opens at & Closes at. Use these inputs to indicate the occupancy start and
stop times for the project. Since the DD Wizard uses only Hourly Enduse
Profiles for scheduling, these start and stop times are used to roughly shape
the hourly schedule profiles (see page 80).

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DD Wizard

Building Shell: Activity Areas Allocation

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Project Navigator
Project & Site
Building Shell
Activity Areas
Air-Side Systems
WLHP Systems
CHW plant Equip
HW Plant Equip
DHW Equipment
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs

This screen differs slightly from its counterpart in the Schematic Wizard, in
that this screen contains assignment priority choices for Mid and Top floors.
Compare to SD Wizard Screen #13 (see page 44, when Usage Details on
SD Wizard Screen #1 is set to Simplified Schedules).
6) Show Zone Groups. For the DD Wizard, this option is selected by default.
This enables the presentation of the Zone Groups screen (see two pages
following).
7) Occupancy Profiles by Season. Up to three lists (one for each season) are
presented at the bottom of this screen, containing a list of all seasonal
profiles. The
button at the right lower corner of this screen, allows user
access to the hourly profiles (see the following page).

Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

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Building Shell: Hourly Profiles

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Project Navigator
Project & Site
Building Shell
Hourly Profiles
Air-Side Systems
WLHP Systems
CHW plant Equip
HW Plant Equip
DHW Equipment
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

This dialog is available via the

button at the right lower corner of the
Activity Areas Allocation Screen (see previous page). This screen, allows
users to review & edit the hourly profiles used for the operations schedules.
NOTE: this screen can only be used to expand of contract the profile shape
(see items # 4 & 5 below). Hour-by-hour edits to the profile shape must be
made in the Detailed Interface.
1) Profile Group. In the upper left corner of the screen, use the pull-down
pick list to select the Profile Group you wish to review (e.g., occupancy,
lights, office equipment, DHW usage, etc.). Since fan schedules are simple
On/Off schedules, they are not available on this hourly profile dialog.
2) Active Profiles. Near the upper left corner of the screen, use the list box to
select a preferred schedule season for the profile group selected in step (1).
3) Day Selector. Click on a preferred day of the week at the top of the dialog
to view the detailed dialog in the main view/edit area of the dialog.
4) Profile Maximum. In the main view/edit area of the dialog, click on the
red number displayed near the upper right are of the screen (right hand end
of the horizontal red line). Edit this number to raise or lower the overall
profile. Profile Minimum controls the unoccupied profile level.
5) Shift Start Hour. Edit this number (e.g., +1 or -1) to shift the start-up time
for the profile. Use Shift End Hour similarly.
6) Other Active Profiles. Displays profiles from other seasons, for comparison.

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DD Wizard

Building Shell: Zone Group Definitions

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Project Navigator
Project & Site
Building Shell
Zone Groups
Air-Side Systems
WLHP Systems
CHW plant Equip
HW Plant Equip
DHW Equipment
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports

This screen is available only if the Show Zone Groups Screen check box is
selected on the Activity Areas Allocation screen (previous screen). This
screen is used to accomplish two things: (A) assign activity area types by zone
or zone group, and (B) assign air-side HVAC systems by zone or zone group.
1) Zone Groups. The list box in the upper left corner of the dialog lists
predefined zone groups, e.g., ground floor core zones, second floor
perimeter zones, etc. Create new zone groups or delete existing zone
groups by selecting the buttons below the zone groups list box.
2) Floor Plan Views. Zone assigned to the currently selected zone group are
displayed in dark green in floor plan views. Any zones not assigned to a
zone group are displayed in pale red.
3) To assign or re-assign zones to zone
groups, left click on a zone in any of
the floor plan views, and select
Assign Zone to Active Group or
Assign Zone to Other Group.
4) Activity Area Types. Assign or adjust activity area assignments to zone
groups by editing the Percent (%) column of the Activity Area spreadsheet
control in the upper right area of the dialog. %s must sum to 100% for
each zone group. The resulting area (sqft) is also reported for the selected
zone group. Percent and sqft is also reported for the whole building (shell).
5) HVAC System. Assign air-side systems to zone groups by first selecting a
preferred zone group then selected the preferred HVAC system template.

Detailed Reports

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Bldg Shell: Non-HVAC Enduses to Model

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Project Navigator
Project & Site
Building Shell
Enduses to Model
Air-Side Systems
WLHP Systems
CHW plant Equip
HW Plant Equip
DHW Equipment
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

This dialog is available only if Hourly Enduse Profiles are specified. This
screen allows users to select which non-HVAC endues are to be included in
the model of this building shell.
1) Interior Enduses. Check all interior enduses you desire to include in your
model. Interior enduses are those that contribute to space thermal loads
i.e., felt by one or more thermostats.
2) Exterior Enduses. Check all exterior enduses you desire to include in your
model. Exterior enduses are those that do not contribute to space
thermal loads i.e., are not felt by one or more thermostats.
Each endue selected on the screen above enables a screen such as the one
illustrated below, one for each enduse selected.

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DD Wizard

Air-Side: HVAC System Definition

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Project Navigator
Project & Site
Building Shell
Air-Side Systems
System Def.
WLHP Systems
CHW plant Equip
HW Plant Equip
DHW Equipment
Detailed Interface

This screen is used to define an HVAC air-side system template. By

template is meant that one or more actual HVAC systems will be created in
the DOE-2 model based on this template. This screen is similar to the SD
Wizard HVAC Systems Definition screen (Screen #19), except that here only
one system template may be defined (at a time), however, multiple systems
templates are defined by returning to the DD Wizard Navigator and creating
new system templates.
1) The functionality of most of the controls on this screen are consistent with
those seen previously on the SD Wizard HVAC Systems Definition screen
(Screen #19, see page 49).
2) System Per Area. Select how many HVAC systems will be created from
this template system per zone, per floor, per shell, & per site.
3) System Assignment to Thermal Zone. This control is used to push
HVAC template assignments onto the shells. Alternately, HVAC system
template assignments made be pulled using Bldg Shell screen #14 (see
pg 81 above). IMPORTANT NOTE: Pushing HVAC system template
assignments using the System Assignment to Thermal Zone controls on
this screen is a very broad brush method, quick but allowing for little
detail. RECOMMENDATION: Make HVAC system template assignments
using Bldg Shell Screen #14 (see page 81 above) to pull the HVAC
system assignments. This methods gives more flexibility in making
HVAC assignments.

EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

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Detailed Interface

Detailed Interface
Simulation Basics
Quick Start

Schematic Design Wizard: For models originally created using the

Schematic Design Wizard, you can return to the Schematic Design
Wizard at anytime to modify your wizard inputs and regenerate your
building model. Note that any edits to the model made in the Detailed
Interface will NOT be reflected in the Schematic Design Wizard.
EEM (Energy Efficiency Measure) Wizard: After creating a new
building description, i.e., using the Schematic Design Wizard, launch
the EEM Wizard to quickly describe up to ten design alternatives to
your base building description. You can then automatically simulate
any or all of these alternative cases and view the simulation results in
individual and/or comparative reports.

Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Perform a simulation: Press the Run Simulation button to perform an

1) Component Tree. The component tree at right shows all major tree
components for the Internal Loads module (the example shown at left has
been reduced to show only the principal component levels). Right mouse
click on any item in the tree and select properties, to display a tabbed
dialog showing internal load details.
2) Detailed Tab View. The Internal Loads Detailed View module
currently has two tab views, "Internal Loads", and "Spreadsheet".
Internal Loads
Tabbed Dialog

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Energy Efficiency Measures Wizard

After creating a new building description using either of the Wizards,
launch the EEM (Energy Efficiency Measures) Wizard, to quickly
describe design alternatives to your base building description. You can
then automatically simulate these alternative cases and view the
simulation results as either individual or comparative graphs.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The EEM Wizard can only work with the base

building description as defined in the SD or DD Wizard (i.e., in the PD2

file), even if you modify your base building in the Detailed Interface (the
EEM Wizard ignores the INP file). To make alternative runs that operate
on the INP file in the Detailed Interface, use Parametric Runs (next
section). For more help with the EEM Wizard, see the eQUEST Modeling
Procedures Quick Reference Guide.

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

The following pages will illustrate the EEM Wizard for these EEMs.
Roof Insulation
High Efficiency Lighting
Side Daylighting
Fan VSD and Low Static
Top Daylighting
CHW Pump VSD
High Perf. Daylight Glass
High Eff. WC Chillers
High Eff. Packaged VAV
To begin, click the
button. This will
launch the Energy Efficiency Measure
Creation dialog (right). From this dialog,
select the desired measure category, e.g.,
for increased roof insulation, select
Building Envelope. For the Measure
Type, select Roof Insulation.
Click on OK to display the EEM Run Information screen. Specify the EEM
Run Name as you prefer.

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EEM Wizard

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EEM Run Details Dialogs

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard

From the EEM Run Information dialog (previous screen), select the
button to display the EEM Details screen. Select a preferred
roof insulation alternative. Press Done to return to the EEM Run Info screen.

DD Wizard

Roof Insulation EEM

Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Roof Insulation
Side Daylighting
Top Daylighting
Glass Type
Efficient Lights
VSD Fans
CHW Pump VSD
Efficient Chillers
Package VAV
Run Simulations
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

From the EEM Run Information dialog (previous page), select the
button to create another EEM run. To specify side daylighting, first select
Measure Category = Internal Loads and Measure Type = Daylighting (see
below). Note that for the second and subsequent EEM cases, an additional
selection is displayed on the EEM Run Information screen. The additional
selection allows the user to select which previous EEM run will serve as the
base case for the new EEM case, i.e., which case it will be based on.

Click on OK to return to the EEM Run Information screen.

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EEM Wizard

EEM Details Dialogs

From the EEM Run Information dialog (previous screen), select the
button to display the EEM Details screen. Make the modifications
shown below. Press Done to return to the EEM Run Info screen.

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Roof Insulation
Side Daylighting
Top Daylighting
Glass Type
Efficient Lights
VSD Fans
CHW Pump VSD
Efficient Chillers
Package VAV
Run Simulations
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Side Daylighting EEM

For Top Daylighting, repeat the same procedures to obtain the following EEM
Details Screen.

Top Daylighting EEM

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EEM Details Dialogs

Simulation Basics
Quick Start

For High Performance Glass, repeat the same procedures to obtain the
following EEM Details Screen.

Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Roof Insulation
Side Daylighting
Top Daylighting
Glass Type
Efficient Lights
VSD Fans
CHW Pump VSD
Efficient Chillers
Package VAV
Run Simulations

Glass Type EEM

Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

For High Efficiency Lighting, repeat the same procedures to obtain the
following EEM Details Screen.

Efficient Lighting EEM

Whole Site/Building EEM Wizard Option (continued)

Specify a preferred EEM Run Name, e.g., High Efficiency Package VAV. From
the EEM Run Information dialog (below), select the
button to
display re-enter the SD or DD Wizard.

EEM Wizard Run Info Screen

In the SD Wizard, change Cooling & Heating Equipment to DX Coils and Hot
Water Coils. This will default he system type to package VAV.

Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

SD Wizard Screen #1

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Whole Site/Building EEM Wizard Option (continued)

Simulation Basics
Quick Start

On screen #19 (see below), confirm that the default HVAC system is Package
VAV with HW Reheat.

SD Wizard Screen #19

Go to screen # 21 and increase the efficiency to 11 EER.

SD Wizard Screen #21

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EEM Wizard

Whole Site/Building EEM Wizard Option (continued)

On screen #24 (see below), confirm Fan Type = Variable Speed Drive.

SD Wizard Screen #24

Perform a simulation: Once the descriptions of the preferred EEMs are
complete, from the eQUEST analysis tool bar (near the top of the
eQUEST screen), press the Run Simulation button to perform an annual
simulation of the base building design description and/or of any of your
design alternatives (see below). A simulation progress status dialog
reports progress.
Simulation Progress

Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

EEM Run Simulation

Simulation Complete
View Results: The EEM Wizard automatically populates two Parametric Run reports.
View these below in the Graphical Reports section.

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Parametric Runs
The Parametric Runs capability of eQUEST provides a means to define
and simulate multiple, alternative simulation cases, where each new case
is a parametric variation of the base case. This capability differs from the
EEM Wizard in that the EEM Wizard operates to modify the base building
as defined in the SD or DD Wizard (i.e., as contained in the PD2 file)
while the Parametric Run feature of eQUEST operates to modify the base
building as defined in the Detailed Interface (i.e., the INP file). In general,
Parametric Runs can be more detailed and flexible than the EEM Wizard,
but typically requires more insight and steps to define. Both the EEM
Wizard and Parametric Runs produce the Parametric Reports.
The parametric Runs section has been expanded and relocated to the
eQUEST Modeling Procedures Quick Reference Guide (available via right
click from any eQUEST input field, then select Tutorials and Reference).
See Parametric Runs there.

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Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

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Graphical Reports

Graphical Reports
A summary of eQUESTs graphical reports is presented in this section.
For a more detailed summary of eQUESTs graphical reports, see the
eQUEST Modeling Procedures Quick Reference Guide, Results
Reporting.

Simulation Basics

Review simulation results: After all of the simulation runs have

completed, from the eQUEST analysis tool bar, press the Results
Review mode button to view graphic simulation output reports. From
the bottom of the results tree diagram (left side of the Results View
screen) select the
tab, then select one or more projects
for which you wish to view results. Also from the bottom of the results
tree diagram, select the
tab, then select single run or
comparison reports, as preferred.

Detailed Interface

Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Important Note: To successfully view eQUEST reports, the computer

you are using to view results must have a printer driver installed.
The illustration below shows the current Report Tree, accessed by clicking
the
tab at the bottom left area of the screen. Note that some of
the reports are designed to display results for single runs. Most of the other
available reports are designed to compare several runs (i.e., EEM's).
Whether single-run or comparison reports are selected, you must also
select the run (single-run report) or runs (comparison report) to be
displayed from the project tree (accessed by clicking the
tab at the bottom left area of the screen). In the case of comparison reports,
the project tree includes a "plot order" designation (see example, below
right). Clicking on the plot order designation acts as a toggle to include or
exclude the selected run from the currently selected comparison report.
Examples of all of the available graphical reports are presented on the
following pages.

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Graphical Reports

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Monthly Energy Consumption by End Use

(Single-Run Report)

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Single Run Reports:
Mnthly Energy, End Use
Ann. Energy, End Use
Mnthly Utility Bills
Mnthly Peak, End Use
Ann. Peak, End Use
Peak Day Profile
Comparison Reports:
Mnthy Total Energy
Ann. Utility Bills
Mnthly Utiltiy Bills
Ann. Energy, End Use
Ann. Electric Use
Parametric Run Reports:
Annual Building Summary
Annual Enduse Summary
Detailed Reports

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Important Notes:
1) To be able to view Monthly Peak Day Electric Load Profiles report, you must first load the
hourly reporting variables used to populate the peak day profiles on this report. This is done
from the Building Description area of eQUEST's detailed interface. Start at the Component
Tree in the Project & Site module (see the following page).
2) Specifying hourly reporting will increase the size of the detailed results SIM file by ~4 MB.
3) This is a 2 page report. Page 2 reports peak profiles for July through December

Introductory Tutorial, page 117 of 134

Graphical Reports

eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

Monthly Peak Day Electric Load Profiles

(Single-Run Report)

To load the hourly reporting variables used to populate the peak day
profiles on Monthly Peak Day Electric Load Profiles report, in the
Building Description area of eQUEST's detailed interface, go to the
Component Tree in the Project & Site module. Right click on "Hourly
Reports" and select "Create Hourly Reports". From the "Create Hourly
Reports" dialog, click the "Load Component From Library" button. On
the "Hourly Report Selection" dialog, select both the "Category" and
"Entry" to be "Hourly Reports" (currently the only choices), then click
"OK" (twice). This will display the "Hourly Results Selection" dialog.
You may be interested to review these variable selections, but NO
changes should be made.

Mnthly Peak, End Use

Ann. Peak, End Use
Peak Day Profile
Comparison Reports:
Mnthy Total Energy
Ann. Utility Bills
Mnthly Utiltiy Bills
Ann. Energy, End Use
Ann. Electric Use
Parametric Run Reports:
Annual Building Summary
Annual Enduse Summary
Detailed Reports

Right click "Hourly Reports" then

select "Create Hourly Report".

Select "Hourly Reports" for both

the "Category" and "Entry".

You may be interested to

review these variable
selections, but make NO
changes (none required).

page 118 of 134, Introductory Tutorial

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard

page 1 of 2
Annual Energy and Demand
(Parametric Report)

DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Single Run Reports:
Mnthly Energy, End Use
Ann. Energy, End Use
Mnthly Utility Bills
Mnthly Peak, End Use
Ann. Peak, End Use
Peak Day Profile
Comparison Reports:
Mnthy Total Energy
Ann. Utility Bills
Mnthly Utiltiy Bills
Ann. Energy, End Use
Ann. Electric Use
Parametric Run Reports:
Annual Bldg Summary
Annual Enduse Summary
Detailed Reports

These reports are produced automatically for EEM or Parametric simulation runs. Each page of
the parametric results reports are divided vertically into three sections which report: 1) total, 2)
incremental or 3) cumulative results. One row per case (run). All are annual results.
1) The upper third reports total annual results for energy, demand, and utility costs for each case.
2) The middle third reports incremental annual savings for each case. The incremental savings
reports the impact (i.e., benefit or penalty) associated with each case. This is calculated by
subtracting the results for the current case from the results for the previous case.
3) The bottom third of each table reports cumulative annual savings for each package of
measures, i.e., the cumulative savings assume that the parametric cases were run on top of
previous cases and report the benefit or penalties associated with the growing package of
efficiency measures, relative to the Base Case. This is calculated by subtracting the annual
results for each case from the annual results for the Base Case.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If all EEM runs were run on top of the Base Case, i.e., not on top of other
EEM cases, the cumulative and incremental results will be identical.
DOE-2 Note: Total annual energy results are from the DOE-2 BEPU report. Demand results
are from the DOE-2 PS-E report. Utility costs results are from the DOE-2 ES-E report. Peak
cooling load is from the DOE-2 SS-D report.
page 124 of 134, Introductory Tutorial

eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

Graphical Reports

Annual Building Summary

page 2 of 2
Annual Costs
(Parametric Report)

See previous page for an explanation of the format of this parametric report.

Parametric Run Reports:

Annual Bldg Summary
Annual Enduse Summary
Detailed Reports

Introductory Tutorial, page 125 of 134

Graphical Reports

eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

Annual Enduse Summary

Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard

page 1 of 4
Annual Electric Energy by Enduse
(Parametric Report)

For an explanation of this parametric report format, see the Annual

Building Summary (page 1 of 2).

Detailed Reports

page 126 of 134, Introductory Tutorial

eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

Graphical Reports

Detailed Reports

eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

Detailed Reports
Simulation Basics
Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

In addition to the graphical reports presented in the previous pages, eQUEST

also produces a full set of DOE-2's detailed reports (i.e., in a 132-column text
format) for each run. While new and intermittent users may find the volume
and detail of the detailed reports daunting, they contain a wealth of data
invaluable for many analyses. Detailed reports are contained for each run in a
text file having an "SIM" file extension (e.g., "project1.SIM"). These detailed
results files are stored in the directory for your project.
Although it is beyond the scope of this introductory tutorial to provide a
thorough introduction to eQUEST's detailed reports, the matrices on the
following pages will provide the new user with a "table of contents" to
eQUEST's extensive detailed reporting. Read down the left side of each
matrix to find information items of interest, then read across (to the right) to
find which detailed reports contain the information of interest. A bullet or
letter in the columns indicates for each information item (row), which DOE-2
report (column) pertains.
For more detailed information regarding these DOE-2 reports, see:
the eQUEST Modeling Procedures Quick Reference Guide, Results
Reporting (available via right click at any eQUEST input field)
the eQUEST Detailed Simulation reports Summary (available via right
click at any eQUEST input field), and/or
DOE-2.2 Volume 4: Appendices, downloadable from
http://www.doe2.com.
SIM file reports are conveniently viewable using eQUESTs D2 SIM File
Viewer, however, they are also viewable using any text editor. Although
software such as Microsoft Word or Microsoft WordPad can be used, they
have several drawbacks. Many versatile text editors are widely available.
Three that are well suited for use with the SIM file reports are:
Ultra Edit , http://www.ultraedit.com/ (free demo, then license fee)
Boxer, http://www.boxersoftware.com/ (free demo, then license fee)
NoteTabLite, http://www.notetab.com/ (freeware)

page 130 of 134, Introductory Tutorial

eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

Detailed Reports

THERMAL LOAD

P
P

Heat/Cool Space Load Components

Window Management & Solar

Space Inputs Fuel Summary

Daylight Illuminance Frequency

Detailed Interface

LS-L

Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports

SYSTEM Reports
PLANT Reports

P/T

Lights

T
T

Process Electric

Process Fuel

Domestic Hot Water

Econo. Reports

P/T

% Lighting Reduction Scatter Plot

OTHER

DD Wizard

LOADS Reports

Equipment / Plugs

% Lighting Reduction

Schematic Wizard

Detailed Reports

Solar Gain

DAYLIGHTING

Quick Start

EEM Wizard

LS-K
LS-J

LS-K

LS-I

Bldg Energy Reduction by Daylight

Space Energy Reduction by Daylight

Simulation Basics

Total (Lights/Plugs/Process)

LS-H

LS-G

LS-E
T
P/T

Space Daylighting Summary

Bldg Monthly Load Components

Space Monthly Load Components

LS-F

Bldg Peak Load Components

Building Monthly Loads

LS-D

Latent Cooling Space Load

Heat/Cool Peak Hour, Date, OA

OTHER ENERGY

Space Peak Load Components

Total (Sens&Lat) Heat/Cool Space Load

Sensible Heat/Cool Space Load

ELECTRIC ENERGY

LS-C

LS-A

Space Level
Info

LOADS SUMMARY REPORTS

LS-B

Bldg Level Info

LS-A

Space Peak Loads

DOE-2 LOADS Reports

Ave. Daylight Illuminance

Ave. Glare Index

% Hrs. Glare Too High

Frequency of Illuminance Levels

Floor Area & Volume

Weather File Name

DESIGN-DAY reports provided

Notes:
T = Total energy or Total load reported for these items
P = Peak demand or Peak load reported for these items
Duplicate reports are provided for each LOADS report (if DESIGN-DAYs are used) where the
first set of reports provides results for the design day conditions. A complete second set reports
the annual simulation results.
Left-to-right order of report columns above corresponds to top-down order of reports printed in
the "DOE-2" output files

Introductory Tutorial, page 131 of 134

Detailed Reports

eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

DOE-2 SYSTEM Reports

Simulation Basics
Quick Start

NOTES:
T = Total energy or Total load reported for these items
P = Peak demand or Peak load reported for these items

Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs

SS-G

P/T

Baseboard Heat

P/T

Hours Loads Not Met

Zone Hrs at Max Demand

Hours at RH ranges

SPACE TEMPERATURE

Average (H/C/Fans On/Off)

Min / Max

Indoor/Outdoor Temp. Delta

Scatter Plot

OTHER

Air Flow

Heat/Cool Capacity

Heat/Cool E-I-R

Relative Humidity Scatter Plot

Sensible Heat Ratio

Delta Humidity Ratio

Equipment Part Load Ratio

Weather File Name

Space Temperature Summary

Zone Coil Heat/Cool Load

Heat/Cool Addition/Extraction

ELECTRIC ENERGY

SS-O

SS-Q

P/T

SS-F

SS-P

SS-N

SS-L

SS-R

SS-K

SS-J

P
T

Latent Heat/Cool Coil Load

Max Daily Integrated Cooling Load

Zone Demand Summary

Zone Loads Summary

HP Heat/Cool Performance

System Heat/Cool Performance

Relative Humidity Summary

Fan Electric Energy Use

Space Temperature Summary

Zone Performance Summary

Sensible/Latent Summary

Peak Heating & Cooling

System Utility Energy Use

System Load Hours

Sensible Heat/Cool Coil Load

ZONE
SS-I

P/T

SS-H

P/T

SS-C

SS-M

SS-E

P/T

SS-A

Total (Sens&Lat) Heat/Cool Coil Load

AIR HANDLER
SS-P

THERMAL ENERGY

SS-D

BUILDING

SYSTEMS SUMMARY REPORTS

System Loads Summary

Econo. Reports

System Loads Summary

PLANT Reports

SS-B

SYSTEM Reports

Building HVAC Fan Electric

LOADS Reports

Bldg HVAC Equip. Performance

Building HVAC Load Summary

Detailed Reports

Building HVAC Load Hours

Graphical Reports

DESIGN-DAY report provided

page 132 of 134, Introductory Tutorial

eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

Detailed Reports

THERMAL LOAD

by Total Plant
by Plant Equipment

Energy End-Use, by Utility Meter

Building Utility Performance

Loads & Energy Use, by Plant Component

BEPU

PS-H

Energy End-Use, by Utility Type

PS-E

Waste Heat Recovery

Building Energy Performance

Circulation Loop Loads

PS-D

BEPS

Equipment Loads & Energy Use

PS-C

Cooling & Heating

PS-F

Plant Energy Utilization

Utility & Fuel Use Summary

PS-B

PLANT SUMMARY REPORTS

PS-A

DOE-2 PLANT Reports

P/T

Equipment Capacity

Loads Not Satisfied (Loops only)

P/T

Thermal Losses (Loops & Pumps only)

P/T

Equipment Part Load Ratio

by Total Plant, Site

Annual

Monthly

Energy Use Intensity (EUI)

by Total Plant, Source

Total Electric & Total Fuel Use

Electric Generation Fuel Use

Annual

Quick Start
Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard
Parametric Runs
Graphical Reports
Detailed Reports

Circulation Loop Loads

Boilers, Chillers, Pumps, Towers, etc. Loads

UTILITY ENERGY

Simulation Basics

LOADS Reports
SYSTEM Reports
PLANT Reports
Econo. Reports

Monthly

by Utility Type
by Utility Meter
by End Use

Annual

P/T

P/p/T

Monthly

P/T

P/p/T

Annual

P/T

P/p/T

Monthly

P/T

Detailed Reports

eQUEST Introductory Tutorial

DOE-2 ECONOMICS Reports

Simulation Basics
Quick Start

NOTES:
T = Total energy or Total costs reported for these items
P = Peak demand or Peak demand costs reported for these items

Schematic Wizard
DD Wizard
Detailed Interface
EEM Wizard

Total Utility Costs (ave $/billing unit)

ES-E Utility Rate Summary

Energy Cost Summary

Total Utility Costs ($/sqft)

by Utility Rate
by Block or TOU Charge

Component Charges

P/T

Metered & Billing Use

P/T

Total Utility Costs ($)

Component Charges

P/T

Total Utility Costs ($)

Component Charges

P/T

Total Utility Costs ($)

Component Charges

P/T

Pollutant Production

LIFE-CYCLE Results

Costs

Savings

Investment Statistics

Installation, Repair, Replacement

Energy

Operations

Energy

Operations

Energy + Operations

Discounted Payback

S-I-R, cost

S-I-R, energy

Things to add:
Pitched roofs (Screen 3 shows check mark, but the dialog is not illustrated).
New Screen 22 now provides water-cooled condensers for DX.
New aspect ratio control on DD Wiz footprint screen.
Confirm Screen # and Screens # (new Screen #22 will cause screen #s > 21 to be wrong).
HVAC Summary results screens

page 134 of 134, Introductory Tutorial

Pollutant Production

MONTHLY Results

Pollutant Production, by Block Charge

T
T

ES-H

by Block or TOU Charge

Energy Use
Total Utility Costs ($)

Summary of Pollutants

by Utility Rate

ES-G

ANNUAL Results

Energy Savings & Life-Cycle Costs

ECONOMICS SUMMARY REPORTS

ES-D

Econo. Reports

ES-C

PLANT Reports

Life-Cycle Non-Energy Costs

SYSTEM Reports

Annual Operations Costs & Savings

LOADS Reports

ES-B

Detailed Reports

ES-A

Graphical Reports

ES-F Block Charges & Ratchets, by Utility Rate

Parametric Runs

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