<div>Hey Kristin,</div>
<div>Thanks for the link and caveats. Any idea how these things were calibrated? <br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Field, Kristin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kristin.Field@nrel.gov">Kristin.Field@nrel.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">This will not entirely cover what you want, but it may give you a good start. DOE has published benchmark energy models and results for 16 different types of commercial buildings in 16 ASHRAE 90.1-2004 climate zones here:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d"><a href="http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/commercial_initiative/new_construction.html" target="_blank">http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/commercial_initiative/new_construction.html</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">If you prefer not to dive into the energy models themselves, you can get most of what you would need to know about them in the “scorecard” spreadsheets. Each scorecard lists the inputs and results for one particular building type across all the climate zones. Tip - to get the scorecard files, you will need to download the zip files by building type, not climate zone. It looks like Alaska has climate zones 7 and 8. Climate zone 7 was simulated using the TMY2 Duluth, MN weather file, and climate zone 8 was simulated using the TMY2 Fairbanks, AK weather file.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">These are considered to be baseline/benchmark buildings representative of a particular commercial building type. They may help you by:</span></p>
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<p><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">Showing the difference in energy consumption in climates 7 and 8 versus the other climate zones – both total and broken down by end-use and fuel type</span></p>
<p><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">Showing how the above changes depending on building type</span></p>
<p><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">Showing the variation in auto-sized equipment between climate zones and building types</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">One big caveat – for a more apples-to-apples comparison, system types were not varied across climate zones according to local practices. If you want to know what system types are more common in Alaska vs. another region, these models will not provide you with that information. They are simulations intended to represent average (new construction) buildings, but not any one particular real building.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">To get more of a statistical representation of what’s out there, you might try the CBECS dataset:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d"><a href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cbecs/" target="_blank">http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cbecs/</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">Good luck!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello all. I am looking for baseline information on commercial building energy use, construction and technologies for Alaska.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you are aware of any such studies, I would be very grateful if you can tell me where to find them.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance for your assistance!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,</p>
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