The proposed system includes an ERV serving two packaged rooftop units. In the proposed, I’d like to eliminate the heating in the rooftop unit planned for morning warm-up operation but keep the heating coil in the baseline.
Is the heating coil in the proposed packaged rooftop unit used for morning warm-up considered a preheat coil and therefore required to follow G3.1.2.3 Preheat Coils?
TRACE700 schematics identify the preheat coil in the system level to be located in the mixed air stream. I define a preheat coil as one located for outdoor air tempering only, in the pre-mixed air stream.
Any guidance is greatly appreciated. - Rock
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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April 23, 2015 - 9:26 am
A preheat coil is generally the first coil that the outside air sees. It could be in mixed or outdoor air streams.
There was an old LEED Interpretation (not published anymore) that said that an ERV is essentially the same thing as a preheat coil. So you should be able to model one in the Baseline.
Rock Ridolfi
AssociateEngineering Economics, Inc.
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April 23, 2015 - 9:45 am
Thanks Marcus, appreciate it.