[Bldg-sim] LEED Canada CS - What to use for Plug Load Density

Dahlstrom, Aaron ADahlstrom at in-posse.com
Tue Sep 11 07:24:08 PDT 2012


Aaron –

I’ve seen both approaches used, since both are cited in the reference manual.

In my opinion, some developers may allocate 1.5 W/sf or more to tenants, but if fit out by typical office tenants, something like 0.75 W/sf is closer to the ASHRAE Fundamentals “light / medium” loads (p18.13 of Fundamentals 2009). Further, the ASHRAE numbers were developed for peak cooling load calculations, not operating averages, so there is likely some additional diversity in operation which should tend to lower these numbers. Also, since I’m often modeling using schedules from ASHRAE’s User Manual, a case could be made that it is better to use ASHRAE’s tenant plug load numbers to be consistent.

Generally, even when I’m using the higher Core and Shell Appendix 2 numbers, I model elevators separately/explicitly, since Appendix 2 calls the numbers “tenant receptacle loads.”

If you do send in a CIR and get a response, please let me know!

(caveat – I’m US-based, not sure if there are variances due to Canada-specific research / codes.)

Aaron

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From: bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of ??
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 11:33 PM
To: Aaron Smith
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Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] LEED Canada CS - What to use for Plug Load Density

Hi Aaron,

Is it LEED project? If so, in my opinion, if the process energy accounts for no less than 25% of the total energy consumption, it will be OK.
I used 13W/m2 and 15W/m2 before, both OK to acquire the certificate, and I even do not need to explain how the 13 or 15 W/m2 comes.
The elevator energy is included in the process load, so you do not need to separate it out.

Xing

At 2012-09-11 11:26:54,"Aaron Smith" <asmith at mreng.ca<mailto:asmith at mreng.ca>> wrote:

Hi,

It is unclear to me how to model plug and process loads for Core and Shell Projects in Canada.  There seems to be a conflict between Appendix 2 and the Table on Page 292 of the Reference Guide.  Has anyone else run into this before we send in a CIR?

The Appendix wants you to use Table 1 plug load densities (i.e. 1.5W/sq ft for office buildings) for the tenant spaces while Page 292 says to use values from the standards (i.e. 0.75W/sq ft for office buildings) or provide documentation for modelled loads.

It’s almost like they want you to use the higher value for tenant spaces to account for unknown plug and process loads in CS projects (server rooms and resultant A/C, etc.).  If so, I’m not sure if we should still model elevators, escalators in the common areas or if they are supposed to be accounted for Table 1.

Any thoughts are appreciated!

Aaron


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