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CI-2009 EAc1.3:Optimize Energy Performance—HVAC

appropriate zoning, solar exposure - apartment

Hi, My project is a student dorm building with some faculty apartments. The faculty apartment might have two or three bedrooms and one living rooms, etc. The bedrooms and living rooms are facing different orientations. For this EAc1.3 appropriate zoning "every solar exposure has a separate control zone" requirement, do i need to have different controls in this case? For example, if bedroom 1 and bedroom 2 are facing S and E, do i need to provide two thermostat/fan coils, one in each bedroom? I am hoping an apartment can be treated as one zone for this credit so that we only need to have one control in each apartment? Appreciate your input.

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Thu, 10/06/2016 - 14:02

Obviously the requirements were written for an office building. Check the interpretations to see if there is anything about how to apply this to a residential project. If not you may need to submit your own inquiry or interpretation.

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