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ASHRAE Standard 55 User's Manual in development

NC-2009 IEQc7.1: Thermal comfort - design
posted by Lindsay Austrom on Mar 7, 2013, 4:55 pm

I heard from someone in ASHRAE that the Standard 55 User's Manual is definitely in development and will be "coming soon". Hopefully it will be available later this year?

Clogging Issues with Low Flow Fixtures

NC-2009 WEp1: Water Use Reduction
posted by Melissa Perry on Mar 15, 2013, 11:43 am

We installed low flow toilets throughout our newly constructed 1.3 million square foot building and now experience line clogging issues. We still believe the installation of the fixtures was the...

Dual Flow faucet

NC-2009 WEc3: Water Use Reduction
posted by mariela garate on Mar 20, 2013, 5:36 pm

The water use of dual flow faucets that has two positions, would be a weighted average of both?
1º: 1,58 gpm
2º: 2,37 gpm
=1,97 gpm?

As a dual flush toilet water use is...

Apportioning Rainwater between WEc1, WEc2 and WEc3

NC-2009 WEc3: Water Use Reduction
posted by Lewis Hewton on Mar 22, 2013, 12:19 am

Hi all,

For some background on our project:

- we have on-site rainwater capture as well as connection to a municipal non-potable water supply
- the municipal water is used to...

Residential Applications

NC-2009 IEQc6.1: Controllability of systems - lighting
posted by Lauren Sparandara on Mar 22, 2013, 8:18 pm

I wanted to clarify something for everyone. This information is contained within the IEQ Space Matrix but I thought it was worth noting here as well:

For IEQc6.1 each space in a...

Controller efficiency factor (CE)

NC-2009 WEc1: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Ricardo Sá on Mar 27, 2013, 3:39 pm

During a certification process I have found an electronic irrigation controller (model Hunter Pro-C) that is equipped also with a rain sensor (model Hunter Rain-Click).

I need to prove...

Urinal pre-wash and fuzzy control

NC-2009 WEp1: Water Use Reduction
posted by Noriko Nagazumi on Apr 2, 2013, 4:13 am

Hi all,

How would you set the water use for urinals that:

1. Have a 2 liter pre-wash that may be used or turned off
2. Have fuzzy control for the flush (2 to 4 liters)

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Documents/ details needed for alternative compliance path

NC-2009 EAp3: Fundamental Refrigerant Management
posted by Mark Meaders on Apr 4, 2013, 11:34 am

We have a project with a central plant with chillers that has R-11 refrigerant. An economic analysis has been performed by a 3rd party that states it is not economically feasible to replace the...

Trace Modeling for Carrier Infinity-V speed heat pumps??

NC-2009 EAc1: Optimize Energy Performance
posted by Robert Sutton on Apr 4, 2013, 12:22 pm

Planning to use Carrier variable speed heat pumps split systems on a project and I am looking for data files to assist in this. The manufacturer rep is not aware of anything that can help....

Calculating FTE- LEED for Healthcare

NC-2009 PIf3: Occupant and Usage Data
posted by Catherine Blakemore on Apr 8, 2013, 2:18 pm

My project is a surgical addition the occupants consisting of following:

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