I have a LEED EB project coming up, the building is a pretty efficient building however i am having trouble with the operating hours for this building. There is only one State Tenant in the building and their operating hours according to the Energy Star's requirements are probably only 45 per week. The average operating hours for an office building according to the EPA is 57. They will probably never meet energy star without spending a fortune because the operating hours are killing the calculation. Has anyone had experience with this, is there a unconventional way of calculating operating hours that I am overlooking, or are there any recommendations I can look at? Thanks.
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Jenny Carney
Vice PresidentWSP
LEEDuser Expert
657 thumbs up
October 28, 2010 - 10:40 am
In my experience, there's not a ton of wiggle room...simply the "number of hours during the week the building is 75% occupied." With such short operating hours, maybe there are large opportunities to save more energy by looking closely at set points and schedules?
Eric Bosley
23 thumbs up
October 28, 2010 - 12:23 pm
Thanks Jenny