[Equest-users] LEED Credit EAc5.1

[Dionisio Franca]

Hi Tom,

The New South Wales Measurement and Verification Guides have good
guidance and examples M&V accuracy calculations:

http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/climateChange/MVOperationGde.htm

Best,
Dio

On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 4:23 AM, Richard Ellison
<REllison at southlandind.com> wrote:
> Tom,
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> International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol Jan 2012 Vol
> 1 and ASHRAE Guideline 14 provide the best guidance.  This is what I put in
> my M&V plans “…the performance period is 12 months the computer model shall
> have an NMBE of 5% and a CV(RMSE) of 15% relative to monthly utility bills.
> If this accuracy is not met the possible reasons for the variance will be
> noted in the final M&V report.
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> Rick
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> From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
> [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Tom Mickley
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 1:18 PM
> To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> Cc: Andy Meermans; Lilly Maniet
> Subject: [Equest-users] LEED Credit EAc5.1
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> LEED members and eQuesters,
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> I am using eQuest to model a mixed use office building in Cleveland, Ohio
> for a LEED CS project.  We are currently attempting the EAc5.1 credit and
> are using the IPMVP option D.  After a review response, I was asked to
> ‘Identify the acceptable range(s) of error (generally there is a different
> range allowable for both monthly and annual data).’  After some internet
> browsing, all I found was estimated percentages from a LEED member, which
> was more of an overall response and not specific to eQuest.
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> Does eQuest have an acceptable level of calculation error between monthly
> and annual data?  Or is this project specific?  Has anyone else come across
> this response?  If so, how did you come up acceptable ranges of error?
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> Thanks,
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> Tom Mickley
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> Mechanical Engineer CEM
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