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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello All,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am in the planning stage of modeling a campus boiler
plant. I have two questions as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>       </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ASHRAE/LEED require
a minimum process energy of 25% of the total building energy. I am predicting
that my plant (15 boilers plus pumps etc.) process load will be 95% of my
buildings energy use if not more. Is there a way to reduce the process energy
use of the plant for energy modeling purposes other than an exceptional calculation
method? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Is this a
situation where I could perform an exceptional calculation and compare a “standard”
boiler plant to the high efficiency one that is being installed?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks in advance for your help.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'>Seth Spangler, LEED® AP <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Georgia'>Design Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Georgia'>RMF Engineering, Inc <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Georgia'>Ph: (843) 971-9639 ext:108<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Georgia'>Fax: (843) 971-9641 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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