All:
A question regarding energy modeling with respect to ASHRAE compliance and
LEED's Optimized Energy Performance Credit.
I am in the process of creating an energy model using eQUEST for a new
building on a campus. The building will utilize the campus' central plant
for steam and chilled water distribution piping.
Question: When creating the energy model, I assume the energy costs, as
required for LEED, would be calculated for all local (building, not central
plant) building systems and would not include energy/cost data from the
campus' central plant. In eQUEST, how does one separate energy consumption
data of the building from the central plant?
Thanks -
Robert
Robert,
See "District Thermal Energy Treatment" located on the following USGBC web page http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=174& under New Construction v2.2 / Energy & Atmosphere.
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Jeremy McClanathan, LEED(r) AP