[Bldg-sim] Baseline HVAC system type question

Wed Feb 22 05:52:46 PST 2017

Thank you Julien,
I have had the PNNL guideline since last May – it is a great resource.

Off topic – how far along is the openstudio-standards measure? I know a couple of people at NRCan who are working on the NECB version of that measure. It would be great to have an idea when we can start testing it.

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From: Julien MARREC [mailto:julien.marrec at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 12:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] Baseline HVAC system type question

Chris,

There's a PNNL report that came out in 2016 that aims to fill this kind of gaps (though I feel there still are gaps, and sometimes I don't 100% agree with their interpretation). The openstudio-standards project which I contribute to that aims to automate baseline creation is based on this report

The title is ASHRAE 90.1-2010 Performance Rating Method Reference Manual.
The report is intended to be a reference manual for the Appendix G Performance Rating Method (PRM) of ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2010, but most holds true for 2007.

Best,
Julien

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Le 21 févr. 2017 à 15:31, Chris Jones via Bldg-sim <bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org<mailto:bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org>> a écrit :
Thank you Nick,
The responses received point to using a different baseline system and I agree with those interpretations. In my specific case, high rise residential with retail on the main floor, I am going to use System 1, PTAC for the residential and System 3, PSZ for the retail.

However, it seems to me that I could also assign System 5 to the retail spaces. The non-denominate space (retail) is larger than 20,000 ft2 and the building is large enough to meet the threshold for System 5.

The standard doesn’t explicitly indicate that the non-denominate spaces are to be on System 3 or 4 therefore, I believe I could select System 5 although it would not be an apples-to-apples comparison. The proposed design has packaged single zone systems serving the retail spaces making tenant sub-metering simpler.

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Subject: RE: [Bldg-sim] Baseline HVAC system type question

Right.

My framework is typically to piece this out in two steps:

1.       Ignoring the possibility of G31.1.1A exceptions to start, determine the baseline system type for the whole building using the other prescriptions in play.  In this case it would have to be system type 1 / 2 due to the predominantly residential situation.

2.       Consider whether ANY singular or combined areas of the facility meet the 2 consistent requirements of G3.1.1A:

a.       Total sum area > 20,000ft2 (aside: I’ve deliberately put forward alternative baseline systems where I haven’t met this threshold, but it totally makes sense to have a distinct/different baseline system)

b.       “nonpredominant conditions” - this isn’t a glossary term and is subject to interpretation.  My successful interpretations (as measured by non-rejected LEED submissions) have included:

                                                               i.      non-residential vs. residential occupancies (this is pretty clear cut as a listed example in the standard)

                                                             ii.      very different load profiles (i.e. large greenhouse attached to a school, or where in the proposed design you’re excluding cooling for a warehouse)

                                                           iii.      very different occupancy/usage profiles (i.e. a chunk of the facility requires 24/7 ventilation or process loads resulting in very different system operations)

The interpretation below would look to agree and clash with my usual interpretation depending on circumstance.  At the end of the day I feel the presence of non-predominant conditions should not substantially help nor hinder the baseline case in an artificial manner relative to the proposed case.  So long as you’re holding to that “spirit” of the standard, you should be fine specifying alternative baseline systems.

~Nick

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Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] Baseline HVAC system type question

Dear Chris,

The ASHRAE INTERPRETATION IC 90.1-2007<https://www.google.hu/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0ahUKEwjfrKS8oJfSAhXHiRoKHeV4CB4QFggrMAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ashrae.org%2FFile%2520Library%2FdocLib%2FPublic%2F20100603_ic90120075.pdf&usg=AFQjCNGEpwM5bZsLYbRcfbO4CiEaSuvcAA&sig2=EN5_0kGzKchtWsr_RjQ1lQ> might help you. It states

Exception a to G3.1.1 should be utilized first to determine if multiple baseline HVAC system types from Table G3.1.1A are appropriate. However, exception a to G3.1.1 only applies if the separate area is greater than 20,000 ft2 and that area must qualify for a different baseline HVAC system type based on a different building type, heating source, number of floors, or residential vs non-residential classification. For example, if the office area and the warehouse area of a building are both greater than 20,000 ft2 and the office uses electric heat while the warehouse uses gas heat, then two separate baseline systems types could be utilized. If exception b to G3.1.1 applies to portions of the areas served by one of the baseline HVAC systems, then separate single-zone systems conforming with the requirements of System 3 or System 4 (depending on building heating source) can be utilized.

Hope this helps you!!

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 2:17 PM, Chris Jones via Bldg-sim <bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org<mailto:bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org>> wrote:
Jim,
My question is about the retail spaces on the main floor. I agree, the residential tower has System 1 but I am still not entirely sure about the retail spaces. They make up more than 20,000 ft2 so Exception G3.1.1.(a) applies but I am not sure if I use the area/number of floors of the entire building when selecting the retail baseline system. Or do I use the area/number of floors of the retail spaces when selecting the retail baseline System?

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Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] Baseline HVAC system type question

Chris,
Residential is ALWAYS System 1 or 2, never one of the others.

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 7:39 AM, Chris Jones via Bldg-sim <bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org<mailto:bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org>> wrote:
Thank you Anderson,
In this case, the retail is more than 20,000 ft2 so I need to select a different baseline system.

My follow-up question: the building is more than 5 floors (majority is residential) but the retail only occupies the ground floor. Would I select System 7, VAV reheat as the building is more than 5 floors.

Or would I select System 3 for the retail because the that space only occupies 1 floor?

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Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] Baseline HVAC system type question

I believe that if the retail gross floor area is less than 1900 m2 you can use system 1, otherwise you can use exception a of section G3.1.1.

2017-02-16 17:12 GMT-02:00 Chris Jones via Bldg-sim <bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org<mailto:bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org>>:
Standard 90.1-2007. The building is a high rise residential with the ground floor mainly retail. 90.1-2007 says to use the predominant condition to select the baseline system. In this case residential is the predominant condition therefore I am assuming the retail spaces would also have System 1, PTAC? Heating is fossil fuel.

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