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Option 2: ASHRAE Advanced Energy Design Guide

NC-2009 EAc1:Optimize Energy Performance
posted by  Heather Holdridge  on 

We are following the option 2 ASHRAE AEDG presciptive path for a project. One of the AEDG requirements for HVAC is for a heat pump >135 kBtuh to be at minimum 10.1 EER or above.

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Lake|Flato Architects
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Thu Mar 7, 2013, 5:45 pm

VRF systems and outside air modeling

NC-2009 EAc1:Optimize Energy Performance
posted by  Robert Sutton  on 

Has anyone done a VRF system serving various zones using say heat pump VRF units and then providing outside ventilation air from a separate dedicated unit serving the same various zones?

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7group / Energy Opportunities
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Thu Mar 7, 2013, 3:02 pm

COP CHILLER BASELINE

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  VICTOR MORENO  on 

Hi, I have to recalculate the chiller COP of Baseline Building, to consider the power of the fans? Or just put the COP marked by Standard 90.1 and attributed the fan power calculated by the Stan

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Thu Mar 7, 2013, 1:44 pm

when is the weatherproofing enclosed

NC-2009 IEQc4.1:Low-Emitting Materials—Adhesives and Sealants
posted by  Jaida Anderson-Lozano  on 

We are building a 13 story building that will have the envelope panels in place two years before all openings will be enclosed.

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Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects
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Thu Mar 7, 2013, 2:53 am

Training Program?

EBOM-2009 EAc2.2:Existing Building Commissioning—Implementation
posted by  Robert Andrews  on 

Any suggestions on a source for templates that can be used to document a staff training program? I am actually working with LEED EB v2.0, EAc3.1. Thanks!

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Environmental Building Strategies
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Wed Mar 6, 2013, 10:24 pm

Educational building program

NC-2009 IDc1:Innovation in Design
posted by  Diaa Madkour  on 

hi, Anyone has a reference or sample of the educational building program plan? and can anyone experienced through this credit advise about what is needed for its documentation?

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Vermont House of Representatives
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Wed Mar 6, 2013, 8:16 pm

Heat Pipe Simulation for EAc1

NC-2009 EAc1:Optimize Energy Performance
posted by  Kai Andrade  on 

How do I simulate a heat pipe in the Baseline case? The proposed case has two split DX AHUs serving 22 & 15 zones respectively.

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Wed Mar 6, 2013, 8:12 pm

Meeting EAp2 in Zone 1 without A/C?

NC-2009 EAc1:Optimize Energy Performance
posted by  Katrina Morgan  on 

We are starting design for a residential tower in Zone 1 (Hawaii) that will use natural ventilation and no mechanical air conditioning.

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Fermata Consulting, LLC
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Wed Mar 6, 2013, 5:35 pm

some doubts

NC-2009 SSc6.2:Stormwater Design—Quality Control
posted by  Albert Sagrera  on 

Hi, in our project we have a 60% of the site vegetated, planted with meadow, we have a small impervious surface near the building, and the building itself.

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Arcadis North America
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Wed Mar 6, 2013, 5:23 pm

Multiple buildings on a single site

LEED Guidance for Campuses and Multiple Buildings
posted by  Michael E. Edmonds-Bauer  on 

We have a project with two independent buildings on a single site.

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Vermont House of Representatives
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Wed Mar 6, 2013, 4:18 pm