Can mezzanines open to floors below be excluded from the energy model?
How do I provide a zip code for an international location?
For a project outside the U.S., how do I determine the climate zone?
For a project outside the U.S., how do I determine the Target Finder score?
Do hotel rooms need automatic light shut-off control?
How commonly are the 90.1 mandatory compliance forms submitted as part of EAp2/EAc1?
The Section 9 space-by-space method does not include residential space types. What should I use?
Can the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) be used to energy model for LEED?
A portion of our building envelope is historic. Can we exclude it from our model?
Which baseline HVAC system do I use if my building has no heating or air conditioning?
For an existing building, do I need to rotate the model?
Our project has a diesel backup generator. Should we include it in our energy model?
Can SHGC be higher in the proposed than in the baseline model?
Our process load is higher than 25%. Do we have to justify that?
Do I need to justify the electrical and fuel rates I am using in my model?
Our local code references ASHRAE 90.1-2010. Should I use that for my documentation, or 90.1-2007?
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NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
The DES guideline (2010) allows us to model DES cooling plant with a COP of 4.4, which includes cooling towers and primary pumps. When we use this default efficiency, can we still apply a part-load curve? (something like 90.1 default curve) Or is it an average efficiency which already count for all part-load and full-load condition? (in which case we need to apply a flat curve to the cooling plant) Thanks.
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