Dear All,
Our design team want to propose economizers for our current manufacturing system to save energy cost from boilers. Can we claim this savings for our process energy (the process energy in the proposed design will be different from the baseline)?
Thanks in advance,
Tom
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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March 14, 2019 - 9:25 am
Yes you can, follow the exceptional calculation procedure. Break out the savings separately, explain how you determined the savings and provide a narrative explanation of the strategies employed and a justification for the baseline. In your case you will need to demonstrate that the strategy is not standard industry practice in your location.
Thomas Tran
March 19, 2019 - 1:13 am
Thank you Marcus for your advice.
How about thermal storage for chillers which to offset cooling peak load? Can we use the exceptional calculation procedure too?
Best regards,
Tom
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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March 19, 2019 - 12:49 pm
If it is thermal storage for a process load then yes. If for space conditioning then you would not use the exceptional calculation method.