Question
I was wondering how we are supposed to use Equest to simulate our building to help figure out energy requirements if we do not know what the design of the building is yet? If you could please let me know what I am supposed to do in order to complete this aspect of the assignment that would be greatly appreciated.
Response
One of the beauties of a program like Equest is that you do not need to know the exact configuration of the building to get target figures at the beginning of the design process. You can make “plausible assumptions” such as a rectangular building of xxx stories. The building type, location, operating hours, gross square footage will be the same at the beginning as at the end and thus the numbers you get will be “reasonable” as targets. It’s surely better than a guess.
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