[Equest-users] Question on LS-C report

Morteza Kasmai morteza.kasmai at gmail.com
Tue Nov 12 11:16:47 PST 2013


Thank you very much Robby, you solved my confusion.


Regards,
Morteza





On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Robby Oylear <robbyoylear at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's likely that each buildings will have a different peak load which
> occurs at a unique time during the year.  If the loads do not occur at the
> same hour, the occupancy load will likely be different, and outside air
> conditions may vary such that your infiltration load will also be different.
>
> I'd say it is unlikely that you should ever see the occupancy and
> infiltration related loads in the LS-C be identical between a baseline and
> a proposed model.
>
> -Robby
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Morteza Kasmai <morteza.kasmai at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Bill,
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you so much for your respond. Total number of occupants, schedules
>> and infiltration rates are the same for the base and the proposed model and
>> I was wondering if the related loads reported in LS-C should be also the
>> same.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Morteza
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Bishop, Bill <bbishop at pathfinder-ea.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>  Morteza,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The occupant and infiltration loads reported on LS-C do not have to
>>> match between baseline and proposed. Just make sure your number of
>>> occupants, infiltration rate, and schedules are the same. Total occupants
>>> is easy to compare using the LV-B report. The numbers on LS-C may not match
>>> between baseline and proposed, especially when the date/time of the peak
>>> cooling and heating loads are different.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>
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>>> *From:* equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
>>> equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *Morteza
>>> Kasmai
>>> *Sent:* Monday, November 11, 2013 7:26 PM
>>> *To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
>>> *Subject:* [Equest-users] Question on LS-C report
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have a question regarding figures reported for “OCCUPANTS TO SPACE”
>>> and “INFILTRATION” in LS-C Building Peak Load Components report. When we
>>> compare LS-C reports of a given project, should occupants load and
>>> infiltration load of the baseline model be equal to the same loads of the
>>> proposed model?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I would appreciate your comments,
>>>
>>> Morteza
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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