discovered a potential oversight on a building design: some restrooms intended to be used by very small kids are equipped with light switches and no occupancy sensors.

This appears to put...

For the Energy Model I have used the (architectural drawing) for the proposed model, some wall sections were provided with its R-values from the manufacturer too. But in Table 1.4 I am asked to...

Dear all,
my building is a warehouse with 3 office areas that, for now, have no hvac system. However, since they are considered a conditioned space, I have to model a hvac system, the same...

Hi.

I´m doing a energy simulation with Energy Plus.

Energy Plus shows differents results about Unmet Load Hours:

1. Time setpoint not met
2. Time not comfortable Based...

We are working on a multifamily residential building where lighting fixtures are only specified for bathrooms, kitchens & hallways while the bedrooms and living/dining rooms are supposed to...

The building has two of its bounding walls shared with its neighbour buildings. First question is, is a shared bounding wall considered part of the envelope? This would affect the window to wall...

Does someone knows why the leed online v4 form( so called newest in the documentation toolkit) does not include the 3 options as it was in the v3 form.

Let's say we have a HVAC supply fan of a baseline which is calculated to be 3,000 cfm and the baseline fan power at 0.001 kW/cfm.This makes the fan power to be 3 kW. What if the same space has a...

I see that several water treatment plants on the LEED registered and certified list. How are process loads dealt with when they could be more than 90% of total energy use with little opportunity...

Hello Marcus,
Can we consider the savings from...