THere's a new ASHRAE guide for small hospitals and healthcare facilities with prescriptive guidance for 50% energy reduction. I see that AEDG healthcare hasn't been included in the list of possibilities for Option 2, and since it's 50% instead of 30%, it might meet a different threshold. Has anyone looked at this? I'm guessing our best option might be to use it as guidance for the design team (for a clinic) and model anyway. Other ideas?
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Margaret Montgomery
PrincipalNBBJ Architects
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October 14, 2010 - 6:51 pm
Folks, I misspoke on this. The AEDG is the 30% guide. I was conflating it with the Large Hospital 50% Savings: Technical Report issued by NREL in September. Sorry for the misinformation! The AEDG might be applicable with a CIR, but it seems it allows for a pretty low point threshold so we'd want to model anyway.