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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The answer is in the question, “For
laboratory spaces…”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Bishop, Bill</st1:PersonName> [mailto:wbishop@pathfinder-ea.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, August 18, 2010
2:42 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Bldg-sim] Appendix G.
laboratory spaces with minimum 5000 cfm exhaust</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For baseline HVAC system type, ASHRAE 90.1-2007 has the
following exception (G3.1.1 d.):<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>“For laboratory spaces with a minimum of 5000 cfm of
exhaust, use system type 5 or 7 that reduce the exhaust or makeup air volume to
50% of design values during unoccupied periods.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Similarly, “systems serving laboratories with exhaust
rates of 5000 cfm or greater” are excepted from the baseline energy
recovery requirement (G3.1.2.10 h.).<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'>When applying this exception, is it 5000 cfm per space? Per
floor? Per building? Per system?<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;
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