[Equest-users] FW: Number of systems required by 90.1?

[Bill Talbert]

James,
90.1-2004 addendum u includes the 'one system per floor' wording for
systems 5 thru 8, but floors can be grouped when the thermal blocks are
similar. For LEED, it is optional to use addenda. 90.1-2007 adopts the
same wording.
Regards,
Bill 
 
 
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>>> "James Hansen" <JHANSEN at ghtltd.com> 12/10/2008 11:45 AM >>>

Thanks for your response Richard.
 
Can anyone confirm whether ASHRAE 90.1-2007 specifically says that your
Baseline model MUST have a system per floor?
 
I can’t seem to find it in 2004, or the user’s manual, or in the
LEED-NC reference guide.
 

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From:Richard Ellison [mailto:REllison at southlandind.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 11:53 AM
To: James Hansen
Subject: RE: [Equest-users] Number of systems required by 90.1?

 
I interpret ASHRAE to suggest one should use 5 AHUs for just the reason
you mentioned.  They are different because of different exposures.  One
has slab and one has roof.  The external load would be different as
would the return plenum temperatures.  One might be able to group floors
2-5 energy wise but I recall reading, perhaps in 2007 where they
specifically meant on per floor for the baseline.  I always have at
least one AHU per floor in my baseline models.  Using only one AHU would
be cheating a bit.  This would be the same logic that says one must zone
rooms with different occupancies or schedules separately.
 

RICHARD ELLISON
Energy Engineer
Southland Industries
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Dulles, VA 20166
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[mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of
James Hansen
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 11:40 AM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org 
Subject: [Equest-users] Number of systems required by 90.1?

 
I’m working on a model of a 5-story building – my Proposed system is
floor-by-floor chilled water AHUs connected to a water-cooled chiller
central plan.  Airside is shutoff VAV boxes with hot water reheat.
 
For the size of the building, the baseline model is almost identical. 
It is System 7 – Packaged rooftop VAV system with reheat boxes, chilled
water, hot water boilers.
 
My question is whether or not the Baseline model has to have a single
system for the building, or should it have 5 separate RTUs (doesn’t
really make any sense) since my proposed building has 5 systems?
 
I’m pretty sure the answer is that the Baseline should just have one
packaged RTU for the building, but it actually makes a big difference on
energy use.  By breaking the systems down into one-per-floor, as is the
case with the proposed model, I end up saving a LOT of energy, possibly
because the 1st floor is slab-on-grade, and the 5th floor has a roof. 
 
Just wanted to make sure I have the correct number of “systems” for the
Baseline model.
 
Thanks!
 
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James Hansen, PE, LEED AP
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