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AC Split units as misc. load

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posted by  Vassil Vassilev  on 

Hi Markus, There is an issue with the project we're modelling, where your opinin would be highle appreciated. The main HVAC system of our project (small retail building) consists of rooftop units a

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Energy Modeling- VisDOE Query

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posted by  Sasha Peters  on 

Kindly request for any advise on VisDOE limitation concerning large buildings. I'm working on a mixed use project that is first of all odd shaped with a gross area 3,969,058 sqft.

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Tue Jul 14, 2015, 12:44 pm

Domestic Water Heating

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posted by  David Mirabile  on 

I am modeling a school in which we are using several water-to-water geothermal heat pumps for our domestic water heating.

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G3.1.1 Exception a

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posted by  Haojie Wang  on 

I have a convention center project where it has a exhibit hall with high process load. It is larger than 20k ft2.

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Wed Jul 8, 2015, 4:33 pm

Energy recovery from a nearby data center?

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posted by  Haojie Wang  on 

We have a project that is planning to use energy recovery from a nearby data center. The rest of the heat and cooling are provided by a district plant.

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Mon Jul 6, 2015, 4:30 pm

Fume hood exhaust fan process load?

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posted by  Haojie Wang  on 

I think fume hood exhaust are unregulated in 90.1 2007 thus should be process load. But just want to confirm. I do see EPAct 2005 says fume hood should not be treated as process load...

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Mon Jul 6, 2015, 4:07 pm

Basline system for 5 floors + small below grade conditioned spac

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posted by  Zonda E. Team  on 

What is in your opinion the baseline for the following building: Floor area:12,000 sqm (130,000 sqft) Floors: 5 above grade, mostly conditioned.

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Sat Jul 4, 2015, 7:31 pm

small DES

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posted by  Francesco Passerini  on 

For a preliminary review I modeled a building that is heated and cooled by four geothermal heat pumps that are located in a technical room within the building.

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Thu Jul 2, 2015, 2:57 pm

Take credit for variable temperature setpoints in hotel rooms

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posted by  Sandra Holmström  on 

We have a hotel project where heating setpoints in hotel guest rooms are 21 degrees Celsius when the room is occupied and lowered to 18 degrees Celsius when the guests are not in the room.

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Thu Jun 18, 2015, 12:36 pm

2 Buildings in a unique Hotel

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posted by  Antonio Marquez Briones  on 

We have one unique boiler, that feeds two buildings inside the LEED boundary of the hotel. Must we do two energy models, with two set of input/output reports?

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