[Bldg-sim] Defining Utility rates - proposed building different than reference building?

[Dennis Knight]

Frederick,
If the reference building were to be constructed instead of the proposed
building would it actually have a different utility rate by virtue of its
size or other characteristic?
Dennis

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Genest, Frederic
<fgenest at pageaumorel.com>wrote:

> Hello everyone.
>
> A quick question for you.
>
> We're modeling a building to evaluate its performance for LEED Canada-CS,
> using EE4/MNECB as the modeling tool.
>
> My question is whether or not if we should/need to define different
> utility rates for the proposed building and the reference building. Is this
> allowed?
>
> The motivation for this is because the electrical utility rate for our
> region is set with a minimum kW to pay each month, which is equal to 65% of
> the max demand over a period of 12 months. So, if a given monthly kW demand
> is lower than that minimum, you pay a "penalty" for un-demanded kW.
>
> Since both proposed and reference buildings have a different monthly
> demand profile, the min kW to pay, and the total "penalty", would differ.
> This influences the total energy costs for both building, and the % energy
> savings used to evaluate the LEED points.
>
> So, can we set different rates, defined to match the actual utility demand
> of each case? My guess is yes, but I want to check...
>
> Thanks.
>
> Frederic Genest, P.Eng.
> Pageau Morel.
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