[Bldg-sim] Standard modeling disclaimer

Bishop, Bill bbishop at pathfinder-ea.com
Wed Oct 29 11:45:26 PDT 2014


Frederic,
You could use the following language from ASHRAE Standard 90.1, Appendix G, Note 2 to G1.2, as a basis for your standard disclaimer:
"Neither the proposed building performance nor the baseline building performance are predictions of actual energy consumption or costs for the proposed design after construction. Actual experience will differ from these calculations due to variations such as occupancy, building operation and maintenance, weather, energy use not covered by this procedure, changes in energy rates between design of the building and occupancy, and the precision of the calculation tool."
Regards,
Bill

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From: Bldg-sim [mailto:bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Genest, Frederic
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 1:59 PM
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Subject: [Bldg-sim] Standard modeling disclaimer

Hello group.

I'm looking for insight on (and potentially a sample) of standard disclaimer text for an energy modeling study done during the design phase.

You, the kind of thing that would say something like "while all efforts have been made to create an accurate energy model, software limitations, actual final design parameters and real-life operation may result in a significantly different energy consumption than the one predicted" or something to this effect.

If there is none on the market currently, developing one could be a good "safety valve", no?

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