Modeling 201

Date & Time
TBD

Location
Remote

Training Fee: $870

Training Description
This two-day training (split into four half-days) will focus on the practical skills of using energy modeling to evaluate efficiency opportunities in existing buildings. The course will offer hands-on building energy modeling experience while familiarizing attendees with best practices articulated in ASHRAE Procedures for Commercial Building Energy Audits, International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocols, and ASHRAE Guideline 14 - Measurement of Energy and Demand Savings.

The training will cover, step-by-step, the process of developing an energy model for a sample project involving a high-rise multifamily building and an elementary school building, with attendees following the exercises on their laptops. Attendees will learn how to fine-tune (calibrate) the model to pre-retrofit utility bills to improve accuracy, and how to use the calibrated simulation for estimating savings from an array of typical retrofit options.

Attendees will work with eQUEST’s Wizard mode, Wizard Energy Efficiency Measure mode, Detailed Data Edit mode, Parametric Runs tool, and Summary and Detailed reports, and learn how to perform model quality control and troubleshoot common issues.

Target Audience
The training targets professionals with architectural, engineering, or construction background who would like to develop or enhance their energy modeling skills to perform studies in support of energy audits; current or prospective employees of companies providing energy analysis as required by NYSERDA MPP, FlexTech, Existing Facilities Program, P4P and other incentive programs; professionals involved with technical review of submittals to modeling-based incentive programs for existing buildings; and those preparing for ASHRAE’s Building Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP) certification test.

Prerequisites
Four years of experience in commercial building design, operation, maintenance, or related fields, or equivalent education. Some experience with the building energy modeling. Please also refer to the Preparation section below.

Learning Objectives

• Articulate applications of energy modeling to analyzing existing buildings

• Utilize eQUEST Wizard and Detailed Data Edit modes to model existing conditions for energy analysis of retrofit project

• Perform model calibration to utility bills

• Evaluate retrofit options using eQUEST Energy Efficiency Measure Wizard and Parametric Runs

• Interpret eQUEST Summary and Detailed Reports

Preparation

1. Attendees must have a laptop computer with eQUEST v 3.65 build 7175 installed and working. eQUEST is free and can be downloaded here. You must have administrator privileges on your computer to install the software, thus we may not be able to help you do it at the training. Please contact us at least a week prior to the training if you need help installing eQUEST.

2. For remote attendees, the use of 2 monitors is highly encouraged to simulate the in-class experience. This will allow you to view the presenter's screen on one monitor, and use the second monitor to follow along with the exercises.

3. We recommend that you bring and use a mouse instead of using the laptop touchpad when working on the modeling exercise

4. We encourage attendees who are new to eQUEST to go over the eQUEST Introductory Tutorial prior to the training.

Instructors
TBD

Continuing Education
Continuing education credits are approved for: 14 AIA/CES Learning Units HSW/SD; 14 PDHs for PEs by proxy via AIA registration.