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NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance

Decreased U-value increased Energy Consumption

Omar Elrawy

Green Building Consultant | Researcher

GreenA Consultants

LEEDuser Basic Member

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August 13, 2014

Dear all, I had a reviewer comment for my basecase walls and floors assemblies that were modeled with U-value higher than the appendix G values by a mistake, however, after correcting these values to the lower values the Energy consumption did increase unexpectedly, knowing that I'am modelling in a 2A climate zone. I need to know if I should keep this result as it is for the final submittal; or try describing/ justifying the reason for this increase in the basecase energy consumption to the reviewer?

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Marcus Sheffer

LEED Fellow

7group / Energy Opportunities

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Wed, 08/13/2014 - 19:01

Yes you should provide an explanation. Is the building internal load dominate? If so adding insulation can often increase energy use.

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