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CS-2009 EAc1:Optimize Energy Performance

Determining the Owner/Tenant % Controlled for ACP

I have a C&S medical office building that is 88% tenant space (by area) and am trying to figure out how to correctly document the owner/tenant % of the building energy cost for the Core and Shell alternative compliance addendum. The owner is responsible for everything except the tenant lighting and receptacle loads. I am using Trace 700 for this model and, so far, have not found a way to input separate energy meters so my question is twofold: 1. Can I provide a separate calculation to document the energy costs of the tenant receptacle and lighting loads? 2. I am using the building area method for lighting (1W/SF) and Appendix 2 from the 2009 C&S Rating System to determine my minimum receptacle load (1.5 W/SF). However, in order to meet the minimum 25%, the actual modeled receptacle load is closer to 1.8 W/SF. Since both of these numbers are applied to the building as a whole, it is acceptable to apply the ratio of tenant area to total area (88% in this case) to the total receptacle and lighting costs for the year? For example, 88.8% of my yearly receptacle and lighting energy usage is 1156.9 Mbtu or $39,840 at 11.65 cents per kWh. Since my total building utility cost is approximately $66,400 per year, the building is 60% tenant controlled. Would this be an acceptable way to document the owner controlled percentage for the alternate compliance path?

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Thu, 05/30/2013 - 14:36

1. You could try and do so. If it makes sense it may be accepted. 2. Never arbitrarily increase process loads to get to 25%! This is not a minimum value. Model the process as accurately as you can as required by Appendix G. If under 25% just explain that you have included all process loads and what you have modeled. This works for the baseline and as long as the modeling inputs are all identical will work for the proposed. The % controlled or influenced is based on the proposed model. Hard to say if your method would work without seeing all the modeling results.

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