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class=483173105-20012010>Dear Paul,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=483173105-20012010>I was very interested by your email and want to enquire
whether, in the TRANE model, they define a fixed assumption of air leakage rate
for the baseline building. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=483173105-20012010>If so, would you know what that figure
is?</SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Paul
Grahovac<BR><B>Sent:</B> 14 January 2010 23:11<BR><B>To:</B> Crockett, Jim;
bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bldg-sim] Infiltration
baseline for modeling<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I am
not a modeler, but I interacted with the experts at TRANE using a demo package
they provided me. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I told
them I wanted to use one of their building design templates and change only the
parameter for infiltration. We used an elementary school in Wisconsin with
a CMU back-up wall and brick cladding. TRANE showed me where the default
air leakage parameter for that building design template was located, and they
showed me how to change it to match the air leakage rate called out by the Air
Barrier Association of America. We ran the model before and after, and it
showed a 58% decrease in natural gas consumption and a 22% decrease in
electricity consumption. Right in line with the NIST study. They
confirmed to me that no matter what design was created for the model, a default
air leakage rate would be generated by the software.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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[mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Crockett,
Jim<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 14, 2010 11:50 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Bldg-sim] Infiltration
baseline for modeling<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">If I’m using Ashrae
90.1 2004, where building leakage hasn’t been defined yet, what should a
‘baseline’ level of infiltration be? Any thoughts / experience with
this?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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