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Schools-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance

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Does anyone out there know what the following comment pertains to: Provide additional information (Mech-5C report) to verify that the Proposed Case Carrier units have been modeled at a 50% minimum CFM ratio, consistent with equipment specifications. Our mechanical engineer has modeled this equipment at 30% and I cannot find anyhting in the reference model that provides me with more information.

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Wed, 08/28/2013 - 16:45

I assume this is a LEED review comment. Sounds like the reviewer saw the 50% value somewhere in the documentation provided for the project (maybe in the information uploaded in PIf4). They then compared it to what was modeled and noted a discrepancy. So you either fix it in the model to be consistent with the documentation or explain why the two values do not match.

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