[Equest-users] LEED Baseline system

[Demba Ndiaye]

Read “floor” as “story” and you can see the definition of that term in the Standard (Section 3). Basement is specifically excluded. So in the present case, you fall in System 3 or 4.

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Demba NDIAYE

From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Dakota Kelley
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 2:11 PM
To: Ana N.; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] LEED Baseline system

If it is conditioned space (heated, cooled, or both), a basement floor is still a floor as far as system selection is concerned.  If it is neither heated nor cooled, it might be acceptable to exclude it, but I admit I have never encountered an entirely unconditioned basement on a LEED project before.


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From: Ana N. [mailto:ananeddav at hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 5:39 PM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Equest-users] LEED Baseline system


Hi All,

My understanding is that the basement should not be counted toward the total number of floors when selecting the baseline HVAC system type (Table G3.1.1A). My building has three stories plus basement and total conditioned floor area of 20,600 sf ( sf does not include attic which is about 5,000sf). I would select PSZ-AC for hybrid or PSZ-HP for electric heat. Am I correct?


Any comments are appreciated.

Thank you.

Ana


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