<div>Hi Vikram,</div><div> </div><div>CEUS (California Commercial End Use Survey: ) is a credible, citable report that has simulated electricity demand curves for different building types (small/large office, college, retail, etc. It doesn't cover residential). Since CEUS was developed for utility demand forecasting the curves represent aggregate demand for an entire utility zone and statewide, but you might be able to tease out values for a typical building by using EUI and other information from the report. There is a TON of information in this report, but it is all California-centric so I'm not sure how applicable it will be to your case. Here's a link to the report, the demand curves start on page 169: <a href="http://www.energy.ca.gov/ceus/" target="_blank">http://www.energy.ca.gov/ceus/</a>.</div>
<div> </div><div>Good luck,</div><div> </div><div>Sam<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Sami, Vikram <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Vikram.Sami@perkinswill.com" target="_blank">Vikram.Sami@perkinswill.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I am working on a mixed use project that has offices, retail residential and higher education spaces in the mix. We are trying to estimate anticipated energy loads – both annual usage and peak demand for each space type (chilled water, steam, natural gas and electricity). I have reasonably good data from CBECS & LBNL on annual energy usage. The roadblock is in the peak demand numbers. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone know of a good [credible] published resource for peak demand numbers for these building types? <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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