Issue of mis-match in reported building areas - Reviewer's Comment

3 posts / 0 new
Last post

Dear All,

This is the comment received by the reviewer:

*The BEPU reports for the Proposed and Baseline models appear to indicate
that the total building area reflected in each model is approximately
231,398 square feet (i.e. 49,982,000 MBtu/216 kBtu per square foot
indicated in the BEPU report for the Baseline model), which is inconsistent
with the total building area of 376,892 square feet indicated in Section
1.1A and Section 1.2 of the form. Revise the Proposed and Baseline models,
Section 1.1A, and Section 1.2, as needed, to reflect the total building
area reflected in the actual design, and/or provide a supplemental
narrative explaining the discrepancy. Note the energy consumption
associated with unconditioned spaces (interior lighting, process loads,
etc.) must be included in the Proposed and Baseline models.*

The discrepancy indicated by the reviewer is due to the fact that the
building has conditioned and unconditioned areas. What is highlighted by
the reviewer is that reported by eQUEST output that considers ONLY the
conditioned areas.
Is there any way to make the output file to depict the unconditioned areas
as well so that the reviewer does not see this as a discrepancy?.

Thanks in advance
Anura

anura perera's picture
Offline
Joined: 2011-09-30
Reputation: 0