Good Afternoon,
Our client would like to get a tax deduction reducing the building's energy
and power costs by 50% in comparison to a building meeting requirements set
by ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2001. This standard does not have Appendix G.
Could anybody help to understand,please, how I can do it.
Do I need to Use section 11 ( Energy cost budget method) of the standard or
I need to use the same systems and plants in both cases, but different
lighting density, building envelope and energy rates according to the actual
design for the proposed design and Standard 90.1-2001 for the baseline
design?
Thanks.
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With best wishes,
Genia Gorbachinsky
Dear Genia,
Please see the DOE web site for more information about the tax deduction and the following NREL report for guidance on calculating the savings. In addition, DOE and NREL are working on a simplified tool for the tax deduction calculations that will be available in April.
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tax_incentives.html
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy07osti/40467.pdf
Michael Deru, Ph.D.
There are specific rules for the procedure included in the NREL/TP 550-40467. You are supposed to follow the 90.1-2004 Appendix G (since to 2001 does not have an Appendix G) you are also supposed to use many utilization and tstat schedules from California Title 24.
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Robert Gengelbach, PE, BEMP, LEED? AP BD+C
Michael,
Will you be posting to the list when this new tool comes out?
Jim V.
Yes I will post the release to this list.
Michael
Will this be a new standalone simulation tool or some 'bridging' tool. E.g. an extension or parallel to the EnergyPlus Example File Generator?
http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/cfm/inputs/index.cfm
Of course, either would be welcomed.
Paul Riemer
Has anyone had issues installing eQuest on the PC partitioned portion of their mac drive using parallels? I've tried several times but keep getting an error stating "Error initializing BDLLib32" when I try and start eQuest.
Thank you--
Erik Turner
Erik,
I've been using parallels for a while now. Never had a problem with installing or running eQuest.
Neal