equest Modeling - Introduction

1 College-Bldg Plan-View

3 College-Bldg Plan-View Std90-Zoning

5 College-Bldg Results

6 College-Bldg Std-90 eQ-3D-Model

0a - Building Creation Wizard

0c - Project-Site Weather-File

Two Levels

1-1 - General Information

This Project has already been created so Footprint and Zoning shows Custom Finished Layout is shown because has already been created

1-2b - Custom Footprint Trace-ACAD

1-2d - Space-Names eQUEST-Defaults

GROUND FLOOR User SPACE Names (highlight and overwrite eQUEST Names) Open Window here and select TOP FLOOR and enter Upper-Top Floor SPACE Names

1-2f - Space-Names Level-2 User-Names

GROUND FLOOR User ZONE Names (highlight and overwrite eQUEST Names) Open Window here and select TOP FLOOR and enter Upper-Top Floor ZONE Names

1-2h - Zone-Names Level-2 User-Names - Upper-Top Floor

1-4 - Interior Surfaces

1-6a - Windows

1-6c - Custom - Windows - Placement-Sizes Top-South

1-13 - Activity-Areas-Allocation

1-15 - Select Interior Loads

1-20 - Equipment Loads

2-0 - DD-Navigator - Inner-Shell-Model

2-2a - Custom Footprint + Zones - Trace-ACAD

2-2c - Custom Zones Trace-ACAD

2-2e - Space-Names Atrium - User-Names

2-5 - Doors = None (Center-Atrium)

Atrium Height is 45 feet. 15 feet (from elevation 30 to 45 feet) is exposed to outside. 13.4% is based on 45 feet height and is equivalent to 40% for the 15 feet exposed walls

2-6g - Windows-Atrium-Inner-Shell

2-6h - Create Atrium South-North Windows

2-6j - Create Atrium East-West Windows

2-12 - College-Bldg Operating-Schedule

2-14 - Zone-Groups

2-16 - Lighting Densities-Schedules

3-0 - DD-Navigator - HVAC-System-Bldg - Outer + Inner-Shells

TO CREATE ANOTHER RUN-1 WITH CHANGES TO PREVIOUS RUN-2

OLD

Folder

Name

4-1 Copy Run-0 Files into Run-1

OLD

File

Names

NEW

Folder

Name

4-2 Copied Run-0 Files into Run-1 Folder (File Names have to changed)

NEW

File

Names

6-0a Open Building Creation Wizard

OK -(you have not used Detailed Edit to create this Model)

6-0d Open Project-Site-Utility

6-1 Day-lighting = NO (Change Percent Window in Screen-6 for this RUN)

Change

Window Height Window Sill Height Window Percent

6-6c - Custom - Windows-Doors - Placement-Sizes Ground-South - DOORS

7-0 - DD-Navigator - Inner-Shell-Model

Window Height Window Sill Height (32 feet above floor) 40% of Shell Wall Height of 45 feet Equal to 13.4% of Exposed Wall height of 15 feet

7-6b - Custom - Windows - Placement-Sizes North-South

Project- Site-Utilities General-Info Screen

7-21a

DO NOT

Use File Name created by eQUEST Wizard

TO CREATE ANOTHER RUN-1 WITH CHANGES TO PREVIOUS RUN-2

OLD

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Names

in

NEW

Folder

Name

8-0a Copy Run-1 Files into Run-2

Change

File

Names

8-0b Change Name of Run-1 Files into Run-2 Files

Change

Project

Name

8-1a Outer-Shell-1 - Offices - Change Day-Lighting = YES