Hello,
I'm working on an airport project expansion project. The LEED coach told us that we have to include the airplane jet bridges, ground power units (GPU) and preconditioned air units (PCA). Becuase these are considered process energy, they are supposed to be identical in both baseline and proposed. I'm now stuck with two problems and I hope someone here can give me some advice -
1. how can i estimate the energy consumption for these usages? i think i can estimate the duration how long these operates (let's sat 2 hours per each flight) but I dont think they all operate at their peak rated power during those time.
2. is there any chance I can do exceptional calculation? We are barely beating the baseline right now so every saving measure counts. Maybe I can prove the reduced lighting power of the jet bridges. but what about the GPU and PCA? Can I assume the baseline is burning the jet fuel (look at how expensive the fuel is!) for the parked airport, and our GPU and PCA can reduce the energy cost by using the power from the airport.
Thanks in advance!
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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November 22, 2022 - 4:33 pm
1. Does the airport have any data on their consumption? You are right that they won't operate at full rated power. So you absent any other data you would just need to make an estimate.
2. That does not seem like a reasonable baseline to me. It is only reasonable if not using the GPU/PCA is standard practice at this airport or in this area. If that is the case then you would need to be able to prove that is the case.
Moses Chong
Mechanical EngineerWSP
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December 5, 2022 - 8:11 pm
thanks for your reply!
Yea I figured that we cant claim GPU/PCA over plane fuel. Do you think I can at least claim some credit if we replace existing GPU/PCA? I will check with my team if they are replacing any.
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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December 6, 2022 - 11:00 am
Perhaps. Is there some sort of efficiency difference between the old and new ones?
Jamy Bacchus
Associate PrincipalME Engineers
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December 6, 2022 - 12:19 pm
I'm going to play dumb and naively ask: wasn't there an industry working group developing an ACP for airports? Where is that?