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EBOM-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Efficiency Performance

Office building with underground parking

In a case of an office building which has an underground parking serving the building which has a surface area larger than the office spaces how should this issue be handled with Energy Star Portfolio Manager? If parking area exceeds office area then the Portfolio Manager does not come with a result (stating that the building has a predominant use of parking instead of office). Should the parking area and the corresponding energy usage not included in the tool at all or should it be included in the GFA instead?

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Ben Stanley
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Tue, 04/21/2015 - 15:17

I think the only way to make it work is to submeter the energy use for the parking garage and then exclude it, and its energy use, from the profile on Portfolio Manager. The parking area can't be included in the GFA of the office space.

Tue, 04/21/2015 - 18:14

Thank you Ben. The energy use related to parking is submetered and consequently neither the parking surface area nor the corresponding energy use will be entered in the relevant tab.

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