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NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance

Building Addition / DES / existing pumps in original part

I am not too sure how to interpret this situation: This project is an addition (Phase II) to an existing 5 year old building (Phase I). Phase I is LEED certified. It is on a campus with a District Energy System (DES) providing chilled water and steam. The steam heat exchanger, hot water pumps, and chilled water pumps are in Phase I and were sized for Phase II. At the Phase II project boundary is only a chilled water supply and hot water supply. Otherwise, Phase II has its own HVAC systems. As a modeling approach, do I model the Phase II building ONLY using purchased chilled and hot water, or do both the old and new Phases have to be modeled as one, or should I model Phase II only and account for the pump energy? Or something else? ASHRAE Appendix G Table G3.1-2 (b) asserts that the HVAC system must be "entirely" independent to do the addition only. Furthermore, it would be nice to have the LEED review team view on this interpretation before I start. Thanks for your thoughts.

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Wed, 07/17/2013 - 15:54

Follow the guidance in the DES modeling document for LEED projects. You have the choice to model the incoming energy as purchased energy (Option 1) or model the DES (Option 2). There is a link in the Resources tab above.

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