Actually, with the methodology suggested below, the heat gain from the
equipment is not accounted for in the cooling energy consumption
calculations. This load should be added to the space in which the elevator
equipment is located since this is where the heat will be dissipated. In
the space properties box, click on the equipment tab and enter as equipment
load and select a default elevator schedule for the appropriate building
type. Other sources for elevator equipment schedules have been discussed
previously ? you may want to search the archives. We usually create an
elevator equipment electric sub-meter so we can verify the loads are
identical in both the baseline and Proposed models and easily isolate this
electric consumption for reporting this process load on the LEED Template.
When you set up a direct load on a meter, it asks you for an end use to assign it to (I normally chose Misc Equipment). This makes it hard to separate out the elevator loads from the other misc equipment. I would recommend setting up a separate meter for this. That way you can separate out the elevator usage numbers from the BEPS & BEPU reports.
Go to electric meter EM1 and click on tab Direct Loads and add the kW to the interior direct loads and assign a schedule.
Timothy Howe, MS, LEED? AP
Actually, with the methodology suggested below, the heat gain from the
equipment is not accounted for in the cooling energy consumption
calculations. This load should be added to the space in which the elevator
equipment is located since this is where the heat will be dissipated. In
the space properties box, click on the equipment tab and enter as equipment
load and select a default elevator schedule for the appropriate building
type. Other sources for elevator equipment schedules have been discussed
previously ? you may want to search the archives. We usually create an
elevator equipment electric sub-meter so we can verify the loads are
identical in both the baseline and Proposed models and easily isolate this
electric consumption for reporting this process load on the LEED Template.
Cam S. Fitzgerald, PE, LEED AP
When you set up a direct load on a meter, it asks you for an end use to assign it to (I normally chose Misc Equipment). This makes it hard to separate out the elevator loads from the other misc equipment. I would recommend setting up a separate meter for this. That way you can separate out the elevator usage numbers from the BEPS & BEPU reports.
Vikram Sami, LEED AP