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title: ${DOCUMENT_TITLE}
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**Prepared For:**
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${CUSTOMER_NAME}
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${CUSTOMER_STREET}
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${CUSTOMER_CITY_STATE_ZIP}
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[{ width=30% }](${COMPANY_WEBSITE})
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---
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# Contents
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1. [Introduction](#home-performance-report)
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1. [Your Goals](#your-goals)
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1. [Leakage](#how-leaky-is-your-house)
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1. [Observations](#observations)
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1. [HVAC](#hvac-observations)
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1. [Home](#home-observations)
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1. [Load Calculations](#load-calculations)
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1. [Your Loads](#your-loads)
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1. [Airflow Assessment](#airflow-assessment)
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1. [Your Static Measurements](#your-static-measurements)
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1. [Static Pressure Forecast](#static-measurements-forecast)
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1. [Summary](#summary)
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1. [Definitions](#definitions)
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1. [CFM50]
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1. [IAQ]
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1. [LAIR]
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1. [Load Calculation][load-calculation]
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1. [Shell][shell]
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1. [SHR]
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1. [TESP]
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1. [WC][wc]
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# Home Performance Report
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Thank you for having us to your home for a home performance assessment. I hope that it was
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beneficial. We learned a lot about your home and your goals during the brief visit. So, let’s jump
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in to some of the things discovered.
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Below is a summary of your goals, house measurements, and our budget discussion as well as my
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observations and some recommendations. As part of the service we ran load calculations that help
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determine the right sized HVAC for your home as it stand and with some upgrades. Those are attached
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as are bids for replacements.
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Once you read the report you’ll have 3 options: do nothing, pick and choose upgrades, or do more
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planning for more difficult goals or complex projects. These options are discussed at the end of the
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report as well as our leanings for your home.
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\goalsimage
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## Your goals:
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<!-- NOTE: This should probably be a table in most cases, with a rank.-->
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| Goal | Rank |
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| A goal | 8 |
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| B goal | 5 |
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<!-- WARNING: Add goals here -->
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1. Add air conditioning.
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# How Leaky Is Your House
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Do not change them here, instead update them in the vars.sh file.
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-->
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One of the main objectives was to perform a blower door test and load calculations for the home. We
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discovered that the blower door number was
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${HOME_LEAKAGE} [CFM50] for the approximately ${HOME_SQUARE_FEET} \squarefoot (${HOME_LAIR} [LAIR]).
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A leaky home, most often, is an uncomfortable and uncontrollable home.
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> _Air leakage tends to have one of the largest impacts on the load of a home._
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>
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> - _Around 1:1 homes begin to be more controllable / comfortable_
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> - _Your home is ${HOME_LEAKAGE}:${HOME_SQUARE_FEET} \squarefoot for a ratio of ${HOME_LAIR}_
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> - _Leaky homes are very difficult to maintain comfort with HVAC alone._
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# Observations
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The below sections are observations about the current HVAC system and the home.
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## HVAC Observations
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1. Current furnace is sized appropriately based on the load of the home.
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1. Current duct system is not sized adequately for the system.
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1. Filter is too small for the system.
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1. Return sizing is not adequate.
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1. Supply sizing is marginal.
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1. Current static pressure is already high.
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1. These problems may become worse when AC is installed.
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## Home Observations
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<!-- WARNING: Add house observations here. -->
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1. The house leakage is high for the size of the home.
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1. May be hard to control comfort without [shell] improvements.
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# Load Calculations
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Several [load-calculations][load-calculation] were performed on your home to determine the proper
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equipment sizing for this application. Below is a comparison of the
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[load-calculations][load-calculation] with the current air leakage and several improved air leakage
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targets.
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## Your Loads
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<!-- WARNING: Add the project loads here. -->
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| [CFM50] | | Heating Total | Cooling Total | [SHR] | [LAIR] |
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| ------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ------------- | -------- | ---------------- |
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| **${HOME_LEAKAGE}** | **Current** | **55,102** | **20,726** | **0.79** | **${HOME_LAIR}** |
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| 2,000 | | 40,320 | 17,279 | 0.85 | 1.5:1 |
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| 1,350 | | 35,885 | 16,245 | 0.88 | 1:1 |
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> **Note:**
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>
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> 1. _The lower the heating and cooling total's the better._
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> 1. _An undersized air conditioner is better than an oversized one._
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> 1. _Supplemental dehumidification may be required for [SHR]'s below 0.83._
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The above table shows the relationship between air leakage and the amount of heating and cooling
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that is required for the home. A tight home is easier to control the comfort levels, offers superior
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IAQ levels, and lower utility costs.
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<!-- WARNING: Update this summary for the given project -->
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The projected cooling size required for your home is around 2-Tons for the current leakage rate, or
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1.5-Tons if [shell] improvements were made.
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[Here is a link to your load calculation reports][loads-folder]
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# Airflow Assessment
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While on site, we also measured the total system airflow and static pressure of the system. Static
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pressure is equivalent to the blood pressure of your system and gives us a better understanding of
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the overall ability for the system to provide the proper amount of airflow, as well as how much it
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may struggle to do so.
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Static pressure is the amount of resistance that the blower has to work against in order to move air
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through the system. Things that have an effect on the static pressure of the system include, air
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filters (size and type), duct sizes, amount of ducts, length of ducts, duct fittings and
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transitions, as well as internal system components. Each component of the system has a resistance
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associated with it that the blower has to overcome, by taking some key measurements we are able to
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determine the [TESP] of the system. While there are several static pressures in the system, when we
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talk about static pressure we are generally referring to [TESP].
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Static pressure ([TESP]) has a range of _low_, _acceptable_, or _high_. While these numbers are
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specific to the actual equipment, most manufacturers follow similar standards. For the sake of
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simplicity, 0.5" [wc] or under is an _acceptable_ target, 0.8" [wc] is generally the max acceptable
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static pressure (although we like to stay well below this if possible), and above 0.8" [wc] is
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considered _high_ and should be addressed. _Low_ is generally not common and is rarely problematic,
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so it is not focused on much.
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\newpage
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## Your Static Measurements
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![True Flow Report][trueflow-image]{ height=50% }
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<!-- WARNING: Summarize the static measurements here -->
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The above image is a snapshot of the static pressures recorded for your system. This shows that the
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static pressure of your system is very high (1.114" [wc]). The primary culprits for the high static
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pressure are that the filter is undersized for the airflow required and the return duct sizing is
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small.
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These measurements were taken in the heating mode because your system does not currently have air
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conditioning. Currently the heating airflow is on the low side for what is required for your system
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(1200 CFM would be ideal). This should be adjusted if possible during the install to get better
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performance and efficiency out of the system, given that some static pressures can be improved
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during the project.
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[Here is a link to the full airflow report.][trueflow-file]
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\newpage
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## Static Measurements Forecast
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![True Flow Forecast][trueflow-forecast-image]{ height=50% }
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<!-- WARNING: Summarize the forecast results below. -->
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The above image is a snapshot is of a forecast of the static pressures after adding air
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conditioning. It should be noted that these measurements are based solely on the airflow required
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for cooling mode, not for heating mode (in other words, heating mode is going to be higher because
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the airflow requirement is higher).
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This shows that with an upgraded filter we can get the static pressure below the 0.8" [wc] max
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target while in cooling mode.
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[Here is a link to the full forecast report.][trueflow-forecast-file]
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# Summary
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The purpose of the home performance assessment is to help find the overlap between the house needs,
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the goals, and the budget to see if there's a viable project.
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The house is pretty leaky overall. This is due to the age and construction style of the house. This
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may lead to comfort problems or trouble maintaining comfort in all areas of the house.
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Based on the [load calculations][load-calculation], the previously quoted systems are too large for
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the current load, so we need to update the proposals to be for 2-Ton systems. This will help with
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the fact that the static pressure of the system is already really high. The static pressure for
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heating will likely still be above the 0.8" [wc] max threshold.
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An upgraded air filter is going to be required to help alleviate the blower motor. Another return
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may be required in the living space to further drop the static pressure, however this could likely
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be done in the future if desired. I would estimate that adding another return would be in the
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**$800-1,200** range.
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While on site it was mentioned that you would like some of the ducts to be sealed that go to the
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second floor. This is something that is not included in our general proposals. I would estimate this
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to be an additional **$150-300** and will add options in the updated proposals.
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Since the goal is to add air conditioning, then I would recommend going with a 2-Ton system. If the
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system does not maintain then you could look into [shell] improvements and air sealing the home.
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Regards,
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[Here is a link to all the documents][document-folder]
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<!-- NOTE: These are reference links for short form linking in the document.
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This allows all the links to be changed / updated in one place.
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However most do not need updated unless sections are added, besides the
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document links, which are defined / setup in vars.sh.
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[CFM50]: #cfm50-definition "CFM50"
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[IAQ]: #iaq-definition "IAQ"
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[LAIR]: #lair-definition "LAIR"
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[load-calculation]: #load-calculation-definition "load calculation"
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[shell]: #shell-definition "shell"
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[SHR]: #shr-definition "SHR"
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[wc]: #wc-definition "wc"
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[TESP]: #tesp-definition "TESP"
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<!-- IMPORTANT: Take screen shots of the TrueFlow reports and add to the img
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folder with names / path setup in vars.sh -->
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<!-- default is img/trueflow.png -->
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[trueflow-image]: ${TRUEFLOW_IMAGE}
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<!-- default is img/forecast.png -->
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[trueflow-forecast-image]: ${TRUEFLOW_FORECAST_IMAGE}
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<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
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[loads-folder]: ${LOADS_FOLDER}
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[trueflow-file]: ${TRUEFLOW_FILE}
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[trueflow-forecast-file]: ${TRUEFLOW_FORECAST_FILE}
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[document-folder]: ${DOCUMENT_FOLDER}
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