We are designing a 4 story building where the owner will occupy 3-1/2 floors of the building and another tenant will at some point occupy the remaining portion. Per the reference guides, this falls under the New Construction (in lieu of Core & Shell) because the owner/developer occupies more than 50% of the building's leasable square footage. Our question is regarding what is required in the baseline and proposed energy modeling to account for the other tenants, particularly in regards to the mechanical system, power loads, and lighting. This space will be left empty except for limited mechanical systems to prevent fire sprinkler lines from freezing and a handful of light fixtures so that the space can be shown - so do we model these few units as designed/installed? Or do we model the space as it might be per CS Appendix 2 (Core & Shell Energy Modeling Guidelines)? Or do we exclude this space altogether? LIGHTING Our owner/developer space includes a LED lighting fixture design throughout. If we are required to model the "other tenant" space are we allowed to model the baseline with typical fixtures and the proposed with LED fixtures? MECHANICAL The entire building is served by a variable refrigerant flow (VRF) zoning system so is it safe to assume modeling the baseline/proposed designs similar to how the owner/developer space has been designed?
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