[Equest-users] Commercial Foodservice Equipment in Energy Model

[Ömer Moltay]

Dear All,

I am trying to model foodservice equipment as process energy. I have 
read previous messages on the forum and have reached the energy 
consumption table at http://www.fishnick.com/design/resources/leed/. 
However, analyzing the table, I have trouble understanding what the idle 
rate and efficiency concepts really mean and how to convert them into 
eQuest language (meaning installed power x fraction schedule). Can I use 
the idle rate as a normalized power consumption rate during one hour? Is 
this table sufficient by itself to determine energy consumption or do I 
need to know other data? What use does equipment efficiency have in 
modeling input?

Thank you,

Ömer Moltay, LEED AP BD+C, ASHRAE BEMP, ASHRAE CPMP, BREEAM Assessor
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