Miscellaneous and office equipment load

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Hi,My modeled building has some floor space area defined as office space. I have miscellaneous load and office equipment load. What is the difference between he two in eQuest?

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Hi Fakeha,

As per my understanding office equipment loads are the plug loads within
the office ( which can be input) in the interior load tab.

Whereas Miscellaneous loads are the unregulated process loads which can be
input on the meter in interior direct loads like parking fan load, kitchen
loads, receptacle loads, elevator loads, etc.

It can be vise-versa one can input miscellaneous load anywhere in the
interior load tab or interior direct load on the meter.

The miscellaneous energy end-use account for all these and as per LEED or
ASHRAE 90.1 these energy (process load energy use ) has to be 25% of the
total energy cost for Baseline Case.

These all can be a part of process loads as per my energy simulation
experience.

Thanks,
Sharad
Green Horizon Consulting LLP
Gurgaon
India.

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I just wanted to put in my two cents here:

I think this is a fair description of the difference between the office equipment loads and the miscellaneous loads. They may be on different schedules in eQUEST, but I?m not sure. Both of these loads will count as process load energy use for LEED and are required to match for the Proposed and Baseline unless you are pursuing some specific energy saving strategy.

My understanding is that the process load is not required to be 25% of the total energy cost for the Baseline; the LEED reviewers just look for the process loads to be at least 25% of the energy cost and if it is lower, they sometimes ask for a more detailed accounting of the process loads. There are many building types (e.g. elementary/secondary schools) in which process costs will be lower than 25%.

All the best,
Dan

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Can anyone please answer this question , how are miscellaneous loads different from office equipment loads in eQuest?

Hi,My modeled building has some floor space area defined as office space. I have miscellaneous load and office equipment load. What is the difference between he two in eQuest?

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Hi Dan & Fakeha,

My responses are below in blue:

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Hi Fakeha,

Try reading this link:
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug_load
*

If you are not able to get it then i have pasted the excerpt below:

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*Plug load* is the energy used by
products that are powered by means of an ordinary AC plug
(e.g., 100, 115, or 230 V). This
term generally excludes building energy that is attributed to major end
uses (HVAC , lighting
, water heating
, etc.)
Plug loads are often synonymous with terms such as "receptacle loads",
"miscellaneous loads", "unregulated loads", or "process energy/loads."
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Now one can define the following loads in process load or miscellaneous
load:

1. Office equipment load which are plug loads like computers and printers.
2. Elevator load which are again directly related to electrical supply and
not a major part of energy consumption.
3. Kitchen loads like ovens, refrigerator which are consuming electricity
but is not a major part as the count is less. Also, these are only used in
homes.
4. Escalators loads which are mostly found in commercial complexes and
especially in malls.
5. Laundry loads
6. Drying machine loads
7. Elevators loads etc.

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Now the office equipment loads may contain these:
1. Computers loads
2. Printers loads
3. Or any device which uses electricity directly from plugs. You can
consider even charging mobiles in offices.

Hope your problem may get resolved by this.
Due to your less experience i am unable to explain it more. Is it enough?
May be something would be missing so you can ask others.
Sorry to be offensive, if you felt so.

Thanks,
Sharad. Kumar
Green Horizon Consulting LLP
Gurgaon
India

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