<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hello All,<br><br>I have a LEED project modeling for the baseline of air-to-air heat pump system with electrical auxiliary heat. In G3.1.3.1 of ASHRAE 90.1-2007, the requirement is "<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">The systems are controlled
with multistage space thermostats and an outdoor air thermostat activate
electric heat only on the last thermostat stage and the outdoor air temperature
is 40 <sup>o</sup>F and below.".<br><br>In my DOE2.2 model, the electrical heat is activated only when the outdoor air temperature is below 40 </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><sup>o</sup>F. But meanwhile is the air-to-air heat pump system still running or turned off? From the description above we cannot find proof whether it is still running or shut off. I looked up other materials such as the ASHRARE 90.1-2007 user manual or Advanced Energy Modeling For LEED Technical Manual and none mentioned the heat pump is continuously run when the outdoor air temperature is below 40 F. <br><br>Does anyone have any good insight on this? Thanks for you help.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>David <br></span></td></tr></table><br>