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Energy modeling of building with natural ventilation

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posted by Ricardo Sá on Dec 14, 2020, 5:53 am

Dear All,

we’re currently involved in a project of an office building pursuing LEED certification. The majority of building areas will be endowed with natural ventilation,...

Last reply: santiago sanchez, Nov 17, 2021, 10:27 am

Low Speed High Volume Fans- Penalty in model for using?

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posted by Donald Green on Nov 16, 2021, 9:55 am

We are partnering with our local energy company for an energy model as this service will provide anlaysis and incenteive back to the Owner. The project is using several low speed high volume fans...

Last reply: Donald Green, Nov 16, 2021, 2:29 pm

Daylight controls in multifamily mid-rise residential buildings

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posted by Gaston Michaud on Oct 26, 2021, 12:54 pm

Hi,

By following the Multifamily Energy Model Simulation Guidelines, lighting in dwelling unit spaces shall be modeled as lit for 2-3 hours per day; so, we distributed these hours ...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Oct 26, 2021, 2:00 pm

modelling and presenting GSHP results

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posted by Manuel Martin Delgado on Oct 14, 2021, 11:06 am

Hi,

I am working on a building that includes GSHP to cover part of the heating and cooling load. Normally, due to software constrains, we tend to just use excel calculators to predict the...

Last reply: Jamy Bacchus, Oct 18, 2021, 3:23 pm

ASHRAE 90.1 2010 versus ASHRAE 90.1 2016

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posted by Dave Hubka on Oct 7, 2021, 9:02 am

LEED v4.1 allows onsite renewables to contribute to EAp Minimum Energy Performance and offsite Tier 2 renewables to contribute to EAc Optimize Energy Performance. 

This opens up more...

Last reply: Dave Hubka, Oct 13, 2021, 9:42 am

System 1/2- Ventilation Fans / Heat Recovery

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posted by Ricardo Sá on Nov 28, 2017, 4:46 am

Hi,

we are modeling the HVAC system for the baseline building of a residential building. Since heating type in the proposed design will be electric, system 2 applies (1 PTHP shall...

Last reply: Eduardo Vidal Kume, Oct 12, 2021, 10:15 am

Choose baseline system for CAV factory

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posted by Hyerim Kim on Sep 6, 2021, 10:07 pm

I am doing factory served by CAV...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Sep 7, 2021, 11:30 am

Skylight

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posted by Vassil Vassilev on Aug 3, 2021, 10:21 am

Greetings,

We have to model a retailbuilding in Climate zone 5.

The major retail zones of the project have wetical fenestration of about 1%. At the same time they are provided with...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Aug 4, 2021, 9:28 am

Economizer for climate zones 2a, 3a, and 4a

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posted by Ying Lindsey on Aug 3, 2021, 12:37 pm

I have a question regarding the economizer in climate zones 2a, 3a, and 4a. Per ASHRAE 90.1-2013 Table G3.1.2.7, no economizer is required for the baseline model for HVAC systems in the climate...

Last reply: Tyler Thumma, Aug 3, 2021, 1:07 pm

Base case System-8

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posted by Rathnashree Bharadwaj on Jun 16, 2021, 7:50 am

We are working on a project where there are multiple...

Last reply: Tyler Thumma, Jul 15, 2021, 1:23 pm