I'm working on a recreation center project that includes a daycare. The daycare space will not be fit-out as part of the project. From my understanding, we can exclude a small portion of the total loads from each end-use category, but can this be done for an entire space if the daycare makes up no more than 10% of the total connected load of the whole building end uses? End uses can be grouped by occupancy type, so can the entire daycare occupancy, which makes up ~5% of total occupancy, be exempt from advanced metering requirements? We will be following the whole-building energy simulation in the EAp Minimum Energy Performance, so if the simulation proves that daycare reresents <10% of total annual consumption then I'm wondering if it won't have to comply with advanced metering requirements. Metering is a city requirement.
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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June 2, 2023 - 11:44 am
So the daycare space must be separately metered and therefore the energy end uses in that space will not be grouped with the end uses in the rest of the building?
My initial reaction is that the fact that it is less than 10% of the total building energy use or space is irrelevant.
Alexandra Markus
June 2, 2023 - 12:08 pm
You're right, the <10% building energy use is irrelevant. They are hoping to not include the daycare in the advanced metering process; however, if it is NOT a tenant-leased space, and is still owned/operated by the owner and user of the building, is this possible?
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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June 2, 2023 - 1:32 pm
I can't think of an argument for excluding the day care area. The only thing I could think of is that they could design the wiring to accomodate the energy end use metering once the space is fitted out. You will need to include the energy use in that space anyway so the modeling results would show it.