Hello,
My project team is looking into doing the energy modeling for a project in house, and I am wondering if anyone has a sense of how much experience is necessary to learn to use eQsuest software to comply with the LEED submittal. Do we need to have someone with an engineering background to work through the modeling? Or would taking an eQuest course be sufficient to document energy performance.
The model will be used for LEED documentation, rather than design review, so it would most likely not require lots of changes and alternate scenarios.
Any experience or advice is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Sam
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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May 3, 2012 - 1:59 am
Like any energy modeling software eQUEST comes with a rather steep learning curve. It takes a new modeler in our shop several supervised models to become even reasonably proficient. This takes about a year or so. A training course helps but quite often just scratches the surface. Hiring an on-call eQUEST consultant can also help you get up the learning curve faster.
An engineering background helps but energy modeling and equipment sizing are two very different things.