The COMNET Commercial Energy Modeling Guideline<span></span>s and Procedures and the ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals should provide you with the information you are looking for. <br><br>On Friday, April 17, 2015, Jones, Christopher <<a href="mailto:cjones@halsall.com">cjones@halsall.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I have an office building project with a large commercial kitchen.  I am looking for guidance on modeling the energy consumption and the heat gains/losses. 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">All the kitchen equipment cut sheets have been provided so I know the peak loads but I am not sure of how to construct operating schedules for
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Then I have to use the LEED v4 Appendix 3 to determine the baseline peak and idle rates. 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Can anyone point to studies of actual commercial kitchen energy use?  Does anyone have some general rules of thumb for modeling this kind of issue?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">As always, thanks for your insights.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1c467a">Christopher Jones</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1c467a">,</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">
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</span></i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Tel: 416.644.4226 • Toll Free: 1.888.425.7255 x 527</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</blockquote><br><br>-- <br>M. Dennis Knight, P.E., FASHRAE<div>Founder & CEO</div><div><b>W</b>hole <b>B</b>uilding <b>S</b>ystems, LLC</div><div>P.O. Box 1845</div><div>Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465</div><div>Phone: 843-437-3647</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:dknight@wholebuildingsystems.com" target="_blank">dknight@wholebuildingsystems.com</a></div><div>Website: <a href="http://www.wholebuildingsystems.com" target="_blank">www.wholebuildingsystems.com</a></div><div><br></div><br>