[Equest-users] Modeling a non-existing cooling system

[McGrath, Brendan]

Jeff -

ASHRAE published Addendum dn which covers heating only systems. In this addendum you'll find two new system types - 10 & 11.

Hope this helps!

Brendan

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From: Jeff Ross-Bain [mailto:jeff at rbgb.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 8:48 AM
To: 'Rob Hudson'; 'James Hess'
Cc: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Modeling a non-existing cooling system

Thank you very much for your thoughts. This is very helpful.

Regards -

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From: Rob Hudson [mailto:rdh4176 at gmail.com]<mailto:[mailto:rdh4176 at gmail.com]>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 7:26 AM
To: James Hess
Cc: Jeff Ross-Bain; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org<mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Modeling a non-existing cooling system

As long as the cooling thermostat setpoints are identical in both models, USGBC should approve of it.  We have done this on numerous projects for small storage spaces and stairwells.

Rob
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 6:14 PM, James Hess <JHess at tmecorp.com<mailto:JHess at tmecorp.com>> wrote:
I believe you have to include the cooling system in the model (per ASHRAE), but with the cooling thermostat set-point set high (i.e. up to 90 degrees), per USGBC, which effectively makes this a moot point.  Is the cooling system in the model?  Yes, we met the modeling requirement.  Does it have any impact on the savings?  The answer would be no.

That is how I would handle this situation.

I have seen this written down somewhere, maybe a USGBC interpretation, just cannot remember where I saw this.

Regards,

JAH

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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org<mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org> [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org<mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org>] On Behalf Of Jeff Ross-Bain
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 1:59 PM
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Subject: [Equest-users] Modeling a non-existing cooling system

Hi All,

>From my understanding of ASHRAE 90.1 Appendix G Table G3.1 (10) and the User's Manual, if a space has no cooling system, and it is a conditioned space (i.e. NOT semiheated), then that space must have a cooling system modeled and it would be identical for the proposed and baseline cases. I completely understand the logic of this requirement - in most cases.

However, I am working on a fire station where the apparatus bay (the fire trucks) are in a 4,000+ sq ft space that is heated only, but is a conditioned space and not a semiheated space. This space is almost half of the building area, will not be cooled, has large overhead doors that are mostly open, and is a place where diesel engines run.

Does anyone out there know of any exception, or interpretation, to this modeling rule for specific cases such as a fire station where a space can be modeled as heated only for the baseline and proposed cases? The model will be submitted for LEED review. I can certainly model a cooling system but it does not seem to make sense in this case.

Thanks for your input and I really appreciate this forum.

Cheers!

Jeff Ross-Bain, PE, LEED AP BD+C
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