eQUEST - DOE-2

eQUEST is Qualified Software for Calculating Commercial Building Tax Deductions first enacted under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT), later extended by the ...   eQUEST the QUickEnergy SimulationTool Something foreveryone... Imagine a buildingenergysimulationtoolcomprehensiveenoughtobeusefulto ALLdesign teammembers,yetsointuitiveANYdesignteammembercoulduseit,in ANYor ALLdesignphases,includingschematicdesign.eQUESTiswellnamed becauseit providessomethingtheyou’vebeenlookingfor,buthavebeen unableto find…asophisticated,yeteasy-to-usebuildingenergy analysistool. WitheQUEST,you’llbeabletoprovideprofessional-level resultsinan affordablelevelofeffort. Evaluate today’s buildingtechnologies…atthespeedoftoday’s designprocess… eQUEST was designedtoallowyoutoperformdetailedanalysisoftoday’s state-of-the-artbuildingdesigntechnologiesusingtoday’s most sophisticatedbuildingenergyusesimulationtechniquesbutwithout requiring extensiveexperienceinthe"art"ofbuildingperformancemodeling. eQUEST =enhancedDOE-2+ Wizards+Graphics This is accomplishedbycombiningabuildingcreationwizard,anenergy efficiency measure(EEM)wizard,andgraphicalreportingwithasimulation "engine"derivedfromthelatestversionofDOE-2.Reliabledetailed simulationhasneverbeeneasier! eQUESTwasinitiallysupportedasa partoftheEnergy Design ResourcesprogramwhichwasfundedbyCalifornia utilitycustomersandadministeredbyPacificGasandElectricCompany, San DiegoGas&Electric,andSouthernCaliforniaEdison,underthe auspicesof theCaliforniaPublicUtilitiesCommission. Download the eQUEST3Overview (~1.9MBPDF)forasummaryof eQUESTfeaturesand capabilities.   eQUESTTraining  Under variedsponsorshipwescheduleeQUESTtrainingsessionsonaregular basis;youcancheckforcurrentlyplannedsessionsby clicking here.  OtherorganizationsalsosponsoreQUESTtrainingthatwedo not haveinformationabout;tryagooglesearchoraskontheeQUEST-Users orBLDG-SIM group. ParticipatingontheeQUEST-UsersandBDLG-SIMisalso agoodwaytoreadand participateindiscussionsofeQUESTmodelingmethodsandissuesas wellastopicsinotherareasofbuildingenergyusesimulation.VisitoneBuilding.orgto seeotherrelateddiscussiongroups.  eQUEST Version3.65Download: Current Release(build7175dated4October2018,posting date11/02/2018,installationfilesize~127MB):Download a completeeQUESTversion3.65installationforWindows 10/8.1/8/7/XP. This releaseinstallsboththe standardandrefrigerationversionsofeQUEST.ThisreleaseisaMicrosoftInstallerPackage(MSI)fileformat.Duetothelargefilesizeofthe.msidonotopenorruntheinstallationpackagefrom withinyourbrowser.Downloadthe.msifiletoyourharddrive  thenexecutethefilefromyourharddrive-todothis selectsaveafterleft clickingthelinkorrightclickonthelinkandselect"savelink/targetas". eQUEST mustbeinstalledwhileloggedinastheuserwhowillusetheprogram. Theinstallingprocessmusthaveadministratorpermissionstoinstall programs.Iftheinstallinguserdoesnothavepermissionsthenthe administratornameandpasswordareneededtoprovidetheinstall processwiththerequiredpermissions.Theinstructionfor non-administratorsandwindowshomeuserstoinstalleQUESTMSIpackages arehere. FordescriptionsofchangestotheeQUESTuserinterfaceversionreadthisdocument. For details ontheenhancementsmadetotheDOE-2.2,2.2rand2.3simulationenginessinceversion v3.65build7175withoutdownloadingandinstallingthereleaseyoumayreviewthe following documents: Bugfixes-050a.pdfdescribes comulativethroughDOE-2.2standardversion50asimulationenginebugfixes Bugfixes-Rfg-52p.pdfdescribes comulativethroughDOE-2.2rrefigerationversion52psimulationenginebugfixes DOE-2.3 Documentation,Volume6:NewFeatures describes DOE-2.3version50hsimulationengineenhancements Bugfixes-048y.pdfdescribes comulativethroughDOE-2.3version50hsimulationenginebugfixes  Documentation fortheDOE-2.2standardversion50a,refrigerationversion52p,andDOE-2.3version50hasalsocontainedwithinthe onlinehelpinstalledwiththiseQUESTrelease,canbedownloadedinPDF formatusingthelinksbeloworvisittheDOE-2.2page.Duetofilesize,itisbesttosavethesefilestoyourharddrive(rightclickonlink then"savelink/targetas")priortoopeningthem. Volume 2: DOE-2.2LanguageDictionary(complete descriptionofstandardversionBDL Language) Volume 2: DOE-2.2rLanguageDictionary(complete descriptionofrefrigerationversion BDLLanguage) Volume 2: DOE-2.3LanguageDictionary(complete descriptionofDOE-2.3version BDLLanguage)VisittheDOE-2.2pageforadditonalDOE-2.3documentation. AnoptionontheToolsmenuallowstheselectionofeitherDOE2.2orDOE2.3atnexteQUEST start-up. PreviousRelease(build7173dated16April2016,posting date4/16/2016,installationfilesize~100MB):Download a completeeQUESTversion3.65installationforWindows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP. This releaseinstallsboththe standardandrefrigerationversionsofeQUEST.ThisreleaseisaMicrosoftInstallerPackage(MSI)fileformat.Duetothelargefilesizeofthe.msidonotopenorruntheinstallationpackagefrom withinyourbrowser.Downloadthe.msifiletoyourharddrive  thenexecutethefilefromyourharddrive-todothis selectsaveafterleft clickingthelinkorrightclickonthelinkandselect"savelink/targetas". eQUESTisQualified Software for CalculatingCommercial BuildingTaxDeductionsfirstenactedundertheEnergyPolicy Actof2005 (EPACT),laterextendedbytheEmergencyEconomicStabilizationAct of2008andmostrecentlyextendedandmodifiedbythePATHActof2015. eQUEST 3.65isqualified,effective 19October2016,forbuildingsplacedintoserviceonoraftertoJanuary1,2016;eQUEST 3.63bisqualified,effective 9September2009,forbuildingsplacedintoservicepriortoJanuary1,2016.Therequirementsforsoftwaretobequalifiedforuseinthese deductionswere firstcoveredbyIRS Notice2006-52 andthenamplifiedbyIRS IRB2008-14andagainclarifiedbyIRS IRB2012-17withfurtherguidelines providedbyDOEandaddedDOEguidelinesforbuuildingsplacedinservicein2016andlater.  Thesubmissionpackages, includingASHRAE Standard140testing,canbefoundhere.  eQUEST Version3.64Download: PreviousRelease(posting date:8/25/2010,~53MB):Download a completeeQUESTversion3.64installationforWindows 7/Vista/XP(and previousversionsofWindowsdatingbackto Win98). ThisversioncontainsthecurrentstandardeQUEST release.Duetothelargefilesizeofthesetup.exewesuggestthat youdownloadtheprogramtoyourharddrive(selectsaveafterleft clickingthelinkorrightclickonthelinkand"savetargetas") ratherthanopeningorrunningtheinstallationprocedurefromyour browser. Owing toMSWindows7securityconsiderationsandtofacilitateinstallation within militaryandcorporateITenvironments,eQUESTfilesarenowinstalled bydefaultintoyour‘My Documents’ folder(theinstallationoption‘JustMe’isnowthedefault.)  Fordetails ontheenhancementsmadetoeQUESTandits DOE-2.2simulationenginesinceversionv3.63bpleasereviewthe following threedocuments: DOE-2.2 Documentation,Volume6:NewFeatures describes DOE-2.2simulationengineenhancements Bugfixes-047h.pdfdescribes DOE-2.2simulationenginebugfixes  An updatedeQUEST 3.64Tutorialself-trainingguideisalso available;thisdocumentisincludedintheeQUESTinstallationpackage above. On25August2010oureQUEST 3.64submittalwasapprovedbytheCalifornia EnergyCommissionforapprovalasa2008Title24non-residentialACMforuseinnewconstruction/additionsprojects.  Documentation fortheDOE-2.2version47h2,ascontainedwithinthe onlinehelpforthiseQUESTrelease,canbedownloadedinPDF formatusingthelinksbeloworvisittheDOE-2.2page. Youshouldsavethesefilestoyourharddrive(rightclickonlink then"savetargetas")priortoopeningthemastheyareeachseveral megabytesinsize. Volume 2: DOE-2.2LanguageDictionary(complete descriptionofBDL Language) Volume5:DOE-2.2ComplianceAnalysis(covers modelingtopicsrelatedtothe2008Title24ComplianceAnalysis)     eQUEST Version3.63bDownload: PreviousRelease(posting date:7/03/2009,~45MB):Download a completeeQUESTversion3.63binstallationforWindows Vista/XP(and previousversionsofWindowsdatingbackto Win98). ThisversioncontainsthecurrentstandardeQUEST release.Duetothelargefilesizeofthesetup.exewesuggestthat youdownloadtheprogramtoyourharddrive(selectsaveafterleft clickingthelinkorrightclickonthelinkand"savetargetas") ratherthanopeningorrunningtheinstallationprocedurefromyour browser. Update from3.63Release(posting date:7/03/2009,~2MB):Download an3.63bupdatetotheeQUESTversion3.63fullinstallationThisupdate canonlybeusedonacompleteeQUEST3.63(build6500)releasedated 5/13/2009orlater.Wesuggestthat youdownloadtheupdateprogramtoyourharddrive(selectsaveafter left clickingthelinkorrightclickonthelinkand"savetargetas") ratherthanopeningorrunningtheinstallationprocedurefromyour browser. NEW:Effective9September 2009,eQUESTisQualified Software(eQUEST 3.63b) for CalculatingCommercial BuildingTaxDeductionsfirstenactedundertheEnergyPolicy Actof2005 (EPACT)andlaterextendedbytheEmergencyEconomicStabilizationAct of2008. Therequirementsforsoftwaretobequalifiedforuseinthese deductionswere firstcoveredbyIRS Notice2006-52 andthenamplifiedbyIRS IRB2008-14withfurtherguidelines providedbyDOE.  Thesubmissionpackages, includingASHRAE Standard140testing,canbefoundhere. Owing toMSVistasecurityconsiderationsandtofacilitateinstallation within militaryandcorporateITenvironments,eQUESTfilesarenowinstalled intoa differentdirectorylocationwhencomparedtopreviousreleases.Toinstall eQUESTprojectanddatafilesinyour‘My Documents’ folder,selecttheinstallationoption‘JustMe’. FordetailsseetheeQUEST 3.63bInstallation&Testinginstructions. Fordetails ontheenhancementsmadetoeQUESTandits DOE-2.2simulationenginesinceversionv3.61bpleasereviewthe following threedocuments: eQUEST-v3-63b_Update-Summary describeseQUESTenhancementsandbugfixes DOE-2.2 Documentation,Volume6:NewFeatures describes DOE-2.2simulationengineenhancements Bugfixes-047d.pdfdescribes DOE-2.2simulationenginebugfixes  An updatedeQUEST 3.63Tutorialself-trainingguideisalso available;thisdocumentisincludedintheeQUESTinstallationpackage above. eQUEST 3.63b hasnotyet beensubmittedforTitle24certificationsoifyouareplanningto useeQUESTforTitle24submittalsyoushouldretainthestandard3.6 releaseandallow3.63toinstallinitsdefaultlocation.  Documentation fortheDOE-2.2version47d,ascontainedwithinthe onlinehelpforthiseQUESTrelease,canbedownloadedinPDF formatusingthelinksbeloworvisittheDOE-2.2page. Youshouldsavethesefilestoyourharddrive(rightclickonlink then"savetargetas")priortoopeningthemastheyareeachseveral megabytesinsize. Volume 2: DOE-2.2LanguageDictionary(complete descriptionofBDL Language) Volume 3:DOE-2.2 TopicsManual(covers modelingtopicsrelatedtotheBDL language) Volume 4: DOE-2.2LibrariesManual(contentsof standardDOE-2.2 librariesandreports)     eQUEST Version3(California Title24compliancerelease)Downloads: Noteon Title24ComplianceutilizingeQUEST: eQUEST3.6andD2comply3.6wereapprovedbytheCalifornia EnergyCommissionasa2005Title24non-residentialACMs;these releaseswereapprovedbytheCECattheir11April2007business meeting. NEW:On23December2009eQUEST 3.64andD2comply3.64weresubmittedtotheCalifornia EnergyCommissionforapprovalas2008Title24non-residentialACMs. TheseversionswillbereleasedoncetheCEChasreviewedthe applicationanddeterminedifmodificationsarerequiredforapproval. Archive Title24ComplianceRelease:Download a completeeQUESTversion3.6installation forWin 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP. ThisversioncontainsthestandardeQUESTreleaseonly. (new posting date:3/9/2007,~26MB) You may uninstallversionsolderthanthe3.6releaseversionbeforeinstalling this newversion;youmayretainthe3.5xversion(byallowingthisnew releaseto beinstalledintoitsdefaultdirectory.)  Themaindifferencesbetween3.6and3.55are:updatesto theTitle24 ruleprocessing;inclusionofthelatestDOE-2.2(version44d3)which includes bugfixesandnewfeatures.Forshortdescriptionsoftheprimarynew featuresreadthis document.eQUEST3.6HAS BEENAPPROVEDbytheCalifornia EnergyCommissionasa2005Title24non-ResidentialACM;thiseQUEST 2005 Title24non-ResidentialACMwassubmitted totheCECforcertification12August2006–it wasapprovedbytheCECattheir11April2007businessmeeting.  ThisversionmustbeusedforanyTitle24permitsubmissions. DOE-2.2 ArchiveComplianceRelease: Download a completeD2comply3.6installation- The DOE-2.2basedCalifornia2005 Title24“complianceonly”engine.D2comply3.6IS approved bytheCaliforniaEnergyCommissionasa2005 Title24non-ResidentialACM;itwassubmittedinAugust2006tothe CEC forcertificationandapprovedatthe 11April2007CECbusiness meeting.  ThisistheDOE-2.2componentcontainedwithineQUEST3.6 toperform Title24complianceanalysis;thirdpartydeveloperscanuse thispackagetobuildadditionalcertifiedtools.DownloadD2complyfor complianceonlyanalysis;forfull standardDOE-2.2useyoushouldobtainastandard releaseversionofDOE-2.2NOTthisversion.D2complyaccepts anyvalid DOE-2.2BDLfilethatincludesallrequiredcomplianceinformation(see DOE-2.2 ManualVolume5)andperformsTitle24complianceanalysis.IfyouhaveeQUEST3.6youdonotneed D2comply.(postingdate:3/9/2007,~11MB)   eQUEST Tutorial( “walkthrough” self-trainingguide)previousversion: Download theeQUEST3Tutorial(version3.40). (posting date:10/28/03,~6MB) Note:  TheeQUEST Tutorialdownloadisaself-extractingexecutablethatcontainsa documentin Adobe'sPortableDocumentFormat(PDF). Adobe'sfreeware AcrobatReader productcanbeusedtoreadandprintthisfile. Clickonthe "Get AcrobatReader"graphicbelowtodownloadthissoftware. eQUEST3.6DOE-2.2SimulationEngine Documentationfiles: DOE-2.2 Manuals Volumes 1-6arefully containedwithineQUEST3.6asonlinehelpsothesefiles arenotneeded unlessyoupreferaPDForyouareusingapreviousversionofeQUEST orthe“stand-alone” versionofDOE-2.2 DOE-2.2 ReportsandModelingQualityControlConcepts (The DOE-2.2Reports-and-QCdownloadisaZIParchivethatcontainsasetof three documentsinAdobe'sPortableDocumentFormat(PDF)andexample eQUEST/DOE-2.2 inputandDOE-2.2simulationresultsoutput;thedocumentsprovidean explanationofthedetailedDOE-2.2outputtextresultsfile.): http://doe2.com/Download/eQUEST/DOE22Reports-and-QC_2001-06-07.zip DOE-2.1A EngineersManual (theoryandalgorithmsofcalculationfortheoriginalDOE-2program- out-of-date butmostoftheconceptsarestillusedinDOE-2.2-LOADScalculation isvery similar,air-sideHVACissimilarbutimproved,water-sideHVACis completely newbuthassomesimilarapproaches): http://doe2.com/Download/DOE-21E/DOE-2EngineersManual2.1A.pdf ASHRAE Standard140testresultsforDOE-2.2/eQUEST(compareswell,similarto DOE-2.1E) http://doe2.com/Download/equest/ASHRAE_Standard140_DOE22-eQUEST_Results.pdf   Note:  TheDOE-2.2ManualsareinAdobe'sPortable DocumentFormat(PDF.)Thesedocuments(aswithotherdocumentation filesfor DOE-2andeQUEST)usePDFversion1.5(AcrobatorAcrobatReader version6)and maynotbeopenedwithversionsearlierthan5;toupdateyourAcrobat Reader gototheadobesiteforthefreedownload.  Thesemanualscontaindetailsofthe DOE-2.2BuildingDescriptionLanguage(BDL)createdanddisplayedby theeQUEST userinterfaceaswellasthedescriptionsofallDOE-2.2output reporting capabilities.ThisdocumentisthebasisoftheeQUESTon-linehelp systembut containsamorecompleteandup-to-datedescriptionofthedetailsof the DOE-2.2versionwithinthecurrentreleaseofeQUEST. eQUESTVersion3VersionArchive(previous releases)Downloads: Archived Release(posting date:5/14/2009,~44MB):Download a completeeQUESTversion3.63installationforWindows Vista/XP(and previousversionsofWindowsdatingbackto Win98). ThisversioncontainsthecurrentstandardeQUEST release.Duetothelargefilesizeofthesetup.exewesuggestthat youdownloadtheprogramtoyourharddrive(selectsaveafterleft clickingthelinkorrightclickonthelinkand"savetargetas") ratherthanopeningorrunningtheinstallationprocedurefromyour browser. Owing toMSVistasecurityconsiderationsandtofacilitateinstallation within militaryandcorporateITenvironments,eQUESTfilesarenowinstalled intoa differentdirectorylocationwhencomparedtopreviousreleases.Toinstall eQUESTprojectanddatafilesinyour‘My Documents’ folder,selecttheinstallationoption‘JustMe’. FordetailsseetheeQUEST Installation&Testinginstructions. Fordetails ontheenhancementsmadetoeQUESTandits DOE-2.2simulationenginesinceversionv3.61bpleasereviewthe following threedocuments: eQUEST-v3-63_Update-Summary describeseQUESTenhancementsandbugfixes DOE-2.2 Documentation,Volume6:NewFeatures describes DOE-2.2simulationengineenhancements Bugfixes-047b.pdfdescribes DOE-2.2simulationenginebugfixes  An updatedeQUEST 3.63Tutorialself-trainingguideisalso available;thisdocumentisincludedintheeQUESTinstallationpackage above. eQUEST 3.63 hasnotyet beensubmittedforTitle24certificationsoifyouareplanningto useeQUESTforTitle24submittalsyoushouldretainthestandard3.6 releaseandallow3.63toinstallinitsdefaultlocation.  Documentation fortheDOE-2.2version47b,ascontainedwithinthe onlinehelpforthiseQUESTrelease,canbedownloadedinPDF formatusingthelinksbeloworvisittheDOE-2.2page. Youshouldsavethesefilestoyourharddrive(rightclickonlink then"savetargetas")priortoopeningthemastheyareeachseveral megabytesinsize. Volume 2: DOE-2.2LanguageDictionary(complete descriptionofBDL Language) Volume 3:DOE-2.2 TopicsManual(covers modelingtopicsrelatedtotheBDL language) Volume 4: DOE-2.2LibrariesManual(contentsof standardDOE-2.2 librariesandreports)     Archived Release:Download a completeeQUESTversion3.61binstallationforWin 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP. Thisversioncontainsthestandardandrefrigeration eQUESTrelease.(posting date:10/20/2006,~31MB) You shouldretainthestandard3.6versionandallowthis release to beinstalledintoitsdefaulteQUEST3-61directory.  Themaindifferencesbetweenthis3.61andthe3.6version istheinclusionofnew skylightanddaylightingmodelingcapabilitiesandtherefrigeration version.Adescriptionsofnew featuresinthisversioncanbefound thefirstsection of DOE22Vol6-NewFeatures_44e2.   Latest updatetoabove Release :Download DOE-2.2version44e4foreQUEST 3.61bupdate thisoptionalupdatecorrects knownbugs andaddsnew featurestothecomplete3.61breleasepostedabove.Thecomplete3.6 releasemustbeinstalledpriortoinstallingthisupdate.Thisupdate iscummulativeandmaybeinstalloverprevious3.61bupdates.To install thisupdatedownloadandunzip thearchive (or extractitscontents)intothe directorywhere version3.61bisinstalled beingcarefulto retainthesub-directorylocationofallfiles(extract usingfolder names)sothateachfileinthearchiveover-writestheoriginalone bythesamenamefromthe3.61brelease. (posting date:2/16/2007,~9.4MB) Added documentationfortheDOE-2.2version44e4,ascontainedwithinthe onlinehelpforthiseQUESTreleasewithitsaboveupdate,canbe downloaded: DOE-2.2 version44e4BugFixes(SeeVolume6 belowfornewfeatures); http://doe2.com/download/DOE-22/Bugfixes-044e4.pdf Volume 2:DOE-2.2LanguageDictionary(complete descriptionofBDLLanguage): http://doe2.com/download/DOE-22/DOE22Vol2-Dictionary_44e2.pdf Volume 4:DOE-2.2LibrariesManual(contentsof standardDOE-2.2librariesandreports): http://doe2.com/download/DOE-22/DOE22Vol4-Libraries_44e2.pdf Volume 6:DOE-2.2NewFeatures(describes the newfeaturesin DOE-2.2thatwere addedsinceversion40): http://doe2.com/download/DOE-22/DOE22Vol6-NewFeatures_44e2.pdf    Archived Release(eQUEST3.56,DEER2.1version):Download acompleteeQUESTversion3.54DEERinstallationforWin 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.Thisversioncontainsthestandardand refrigeration versionsofeQUEST. You mustinstall thiscompletereleasethenapplytheupdatelistednext.Thisversion canbe used,afterthe3.54to3.56updatelistednextisapplied,to re-createtheresidential andnon-residentialweathersensitiveenergysavingsresultsfoundin theCPUCofficial 2.1versionoftheDEERdatabase. Thisversioncanalsobeusedforcompletebuildingenergyanalysisas withany versionofeQUEST.(posting date:7/19/2005,~26.2 MB) Youmay uninstallversionsolderDEER releaseversionsbeforeinstallingthisversion;youmayretainthe older version(byallowingthisnewreleasetobeinstalledintoadifferent directory.) Download theeQUESTversion3.54to3.56DEERupdate(Fullupdateto DEER2.1– eQUEST3.56–release)This updaterequiresDEER version 3.54toalreadybeinstalledonyoursystem.Download thistoyour harddrivethenextractitintotheeQUESTDEER3-5directoryto completethe update;besuretocheckthattheinstallationpathmatchesyoureQUEST DEER 3-5directorypathandthat“usefoldernames”is selected(sothat thepathnameswithinthearchiveareretained)beforeextractingthe update.(postingdate: 10/14/2005,~12.6MB) Archived Release:Download acompleteeQUESTversion3.55installationforWin 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.ThisversioncontainsthestandardeQUESTrelease only.(postingdate: 4/20/2005,~19.6MB) You mayuninstallversionsolderthanthe 3.55releaseversionbeforeinstallingthisnewversion;youmayretain the 3.5xversion(byallowingthisnewreleasetobeinstalledintoa different directory.) The maindifferencesbetween 3.55and3.54are:updatestotheTitle24ruleprocessing;inclusion ofthe latestDOE-2.2(version44c3)whichincludesbugfixesandnew features.eQUEST3.55wasapprovedbytheCalifornia EnergyCommissionasa2001Title 24non-ResidentialACMon4/27/2005;theeQUEST3.62005Title24 non-ResidentialACM(postedabove)is notyetcertifiedbytheCEC.. Archived Release:Download theeQUESTversion3.55refrigerationversionadd-on foreQUESTversion 3.55.Thisadd-oncontainstherefrigerationversionofeQUEST. Thisversionisonlyformodelingsupermarketsand refrigeratedwarehousesand otherfacilitieshavingrefrigerationsystemsasamajorenergy consuming feature;sincerefrigerationequipmentandrefrigeratedspacesare exemptfrom mosttitle24requirements,thisversionhas notbeensubmittedforcertification(andisnotplannedto be,atthis time)asaTitle24ACM. This version canperformdetailedsimulationsusinguserconfigured(definedand interconnected)modelsofrefrigerateddisplaycases,low-temperature refrigerant drivenAHUs,racksof compressorsorammoniachillers withtheircontrols,condensers,andrefrigerant(includingbrine) circulation loop,plusthestandardDOE-2packagedDXHVACsystems.  ThisversionDOESNOTcontainallthe standardDOE-2.2chilled/hotwaterHVACsystemsthatarenotcommonly foundin refrigerationdominatedfacilities;usethestandardversionofeQUEST to analyzethosefacilities.(posting date:4/27/2005, ~4.6MB)Youmusthavethecomplete standardversionofeQUEST3.55installed(above)before youcanusethisadd-onpackagetoinstalltherefrigeration versionintoyoureQUEST3.55installationdirectory.  YoucanalsodownloadtheadditionalDOE-2.2 documentationforthisversionhere:Volume2R:DOE-2.2Language Dictionary: RefrigerationVersion DOE-2.2 Archived Release: Download a completeD2comply3.55installation-TheDOE-2.2based California2001 Title24“complianceonly”engine.D2comply3.55was approvedbythe CaliforniaEnergyCommissionasa2001Title24non-ResidentialACMon 4/27/2005;theD2comply2005Title24non-ResidentialACM(postedabove)isnotyetcertifiedbytheCEC. ThisistheDOE-2.2 componentcontainedwithineQUEST3.55toperformTitle24compliance analysis; oncecertified,thirdpartydeveloperscanusethispackagetobuild additional certifiedtools.Download D2complyforcomplianceonlyanalysis;forfull standardDOE-2.2useyoushouldobtainastandard releaseversionofDOE-2.2NOTthisversion.D2complyaccepts anyvalid DOE-2.2BDLfilethatincludesallrequiredcomplianceinformation(see DOE-2.2 ManualVolume5)andperformsTitle24complianceanalysis.IfyouhaveeQUEST3.55youdonotneed D2comply.(posting date:4/20/2005,~9.6MB) Note:eQUEST 3.55isapprovedbytheCaliforniaEnergy Commissionasa2001Title24non-residentialACMon4/21/2004;Title 24 capabilitiesanddocumentationarelistedinourACM CertificationApplicationandtheDOE-2.2Manuals, particularlyVolume5:ComplianceAnalysis. Related Downloads: View theeQUESTdownloadareacheckthis areaofotheritemsofinterestordirectlyaccessthe abovefilefromadirectorylisting. We providecomplete licensingforeQUESTsourceandexecutables.  Theselicensescanbepurchasedtoallowthedevelopment and distributionofnewapplicationsbaseduponeQUESTand/orDOE-2. Licensesareavailablefor developmentand distributionofbothsingleuserPC’saswellasfornetwork serverbased products. Youcan clickontheselinks todownloadandviewsamplesoftheeQUESTderivativeworks,sourceand distributionlicensesfordesktop PC’sand/ordesktop PC'sandnetworkservers. To obtainaCD,sendyour requestand$55US(add$5USforCanada, $10USoutsideNorthAmerica) toJamesJ. Hirsch&Associates,12185 PresillaRoad,Camarillo, CA,93012-9243,USA.   Thank youforshowing interestineQUEST! Sendmail [email protected] withquestionsorcommentsaboutthiswebsite. Copyright ©1998-2009James J.Hirsch. Allrightsreserved.