[Equest-users] ASHRAE 90.1 Appendix G Proposed Model

[Peter Baumstark]

I have a high bay manufacturing facility with two100% OSA, CV, low cfm but high 
air velocity heating only units.  These are intended for comfort heating.

The building also has one 100% OSA, CV make-up air (MUA) unit, with a gas 
furnace.  The MUA is only used when one or more roll-up doors are open with 
trucks inside and unloading.  This blows the diesel fumes out of the building.  
The MUA has almost 3x the air volume capacity as the two comfort heating units 
combined.

When I model the proposed design, with just the two units intended for comfort 
heating, I end up with almost 700 unmet heating hours.  I add the capacity for 
the MUA unit and schedule it for the purpose of comfort heating, and my unmet 
hours go down to less than 10.

Also in 90.1, App G, if unmet load hours exceed 300, heating capacity can be 
added incrementally until unmet load hours are reduced to below 300.

So would it be fair to not include the MUA unit for heating, but simply add one 
or two more of the comfort heating units to get the unmet hours down?  It seems 
like it may be over-kill to include the MUA unit for the purpose of comfort 
heating.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Pete
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