<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#b45f06">Perfect. Thanks.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 10:04 AM, Jason Glazer via Bldg-sim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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The ASHRAE bookstore has it at:<br>
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<a href="http://www.techstreet.com/ashrae/products/1911167" target="_blank">http://www.techstreet.com/ashrae/products/1911167</a><br>
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If you are an ASHRAE member you can download for free from:<br>
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<a href="https://ashrae.org/standards-research--technology/research" target="_blank">https://ashrae.org/standards-research--technology/research</a><br>
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Look for the "Members-Only Research Projects Final Reports" and
search for 1651 and then download the one from January 2016.<br>
<br>
Jason<div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>On 4/26/2016 8:53 AM, Jones,
Christopher wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I
have searched Techstreet and all I find is the Seminar 58
recording not the package with the paper and E+ models. Do
you know a magic way to find the paper and E+ models?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1c467a">Christopher
Jones,</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">P.Eng.<i>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jason Glazer via Bldg-sim<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 26, 2016 9:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bldg-sim@onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim@onebuilding.org</a>;
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<b>Subject:</b> [Bldg-sim] Fwd: New Research from ASHRAE
Outlines Measures to Reach Toward Net Zero Energy<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">The results of
the ASHRAE project I finished are described below. The final
report package includes lots of EnergyPlus IDF files
implementing the 30 measures examined as well as the scripts
used to generate them with Eppy.<br>
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Jason<u></u><u></u></p>
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Research from ASHRAE Outlines Measures to Reach Toward
Net Zero Energy</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ATLANTA
– Application of 30 specific energy savings measures
across all building types and climate zones resulted in
cutting energy use by nearly half, according to results of
newly approved research funded by ASHRAE.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
national weighted change is 47.8 percent more energy
efficient than Standard 90.1-2013 based on site energy and
47.8 percent more energy efficient than 90.1-2013 based
source on energy.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
question of “how energy efficient can commercial and
multifamily buildings become in the near future if first
cost is not considered” was explored in ASHRAE
1651-Research Project, “Development of Maximum Technically
Achievable Energy Targets for Commercial Buildings:
Ultra-Low Energy Use Building Set.”</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“The
value of establishing such ultra-low-energy targets for
buildings is two-fold,” Jason Glazer, principal engineer
for GARD Analytics who oversaw the project, said. “These
targets will indicate to building design professionals
what may be achieved if first cost is not considered and
challenge the creativity of those professionals to achieve
similar results in actual designs with the real-world
constraints of first costs. They also will help advance
design guides, standards and codes by providing an
ultimate goal.”</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For
the project, researchers assembled a list of energy
efficiency measures that can be included in the design of
non-residential buildings. The list included both commonly
used and cutting edge energy efficiency measures,
according to Glazer.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">From
the resulting list of almost 400 measures, 30 were chosen
for additional analysis. Sixteen prototype buildings that
were consistent with Standard 90.1-2013,
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Energy
Efficiency Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise
Residential</span></em>, across 17 climate zones were
used as baseline models. The 30 measures then were
individually modeled. Each of the 30 measures, often with
many options, were applied to each building and climate
combination. In general, the measures were applied in the
following order:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<ul type="disc">
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Reduce
internal loads</span><u></u><u></u></li>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Reduce
building envelope loads</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Reduce
HVAC distribution system losses</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Decrease
HVAC equipment energy consumption</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Major
HVAC reconfigurations.</span><u></u><u></u></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“It
is useful to understand how far energy efficiency measures
can go to reduce the use of energy in the built
environment,” Glazer said. “It is also important to
understand that many of the measures used in the project
are widely available today.”</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">After
each measure was applied to each of the 272 building and
climate combinations, if the energy consumption was
reduced, it remained in the model. After all 30 measures
were applied, the projected U.S. national weighted energy
consumption for new buildings was nearly cut in half
compared to Standard 90.1-2013.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
30 energy efficiency measures modeled were:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<ul type="disc">
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">LED
Exterior Lighting</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Highest
Efficiency Office Equipment</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">High
Performance Lighting (LED)</span><u></u><u></u></li>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Shift
from General to Task Illumination</span><u></u><u></u></li>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Optimal
Daylighting Control</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Optimal
Roof Insulation Level</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Optimal
Choice of Vertical Fenestration</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">External
Light Shelves</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Daylighting
Control by Fixture</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">High
Performance Fans</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">High
Performance Ducts to Reduce Static Pressure</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Demand
Controlled Ventilation/CO2 Controls</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Multiple-Zone
VAV System Ventilation Optimization</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Optimal
Water/Air Cooling Coils</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Occupant
Sensors for Air Handling Equipment</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Energy
Recovery Ventilators</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Indirect
Evaporative Cooling</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">High
Efficiency/Variable Speed Packaged DX Cooling</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">High
Efficiency Heat Pumps</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Ground
Source Heat Pump</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">High
Efficiency and Variable Speed Chillers</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Heat
Recovery from Chillers</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">High
Efficiency Boilers</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">High
Efficiency Building Transformers</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Chilled/Cooled
Beam</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dedicated
Outside Air System with Heat Recovery</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Underfloor
Air Distribution</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hybrid/Mixed
Mode Ventilation</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Radiant
Heating and Cooling and DOAS</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Variable
Refrigerant Flow Air Conditioning</span><u></u><u></u></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
cost of ASHRAE 1651-RP,
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Development
of Maximum Technically Achievable Energy Targets for
Commercial Buildings: Ultra-Low Energy Use Building
Set</span></em>, is free for ASHRAE members ($30,
non-members.) To order, visit
<a href="http://www.ashrae.org/bookstore" target="_blank">www.ashrae.org/bookstore</a>
or contact ASHRAE Customer Contact Center at
<a href="tel:1-800-527-4723" value="+18005274723" target="_blank">1-800-527-4723</a> (United States and Canada) or <a href="tel:404-636-8400" value="+14046368400" target="_blank">404-636-8400</a>
(worldwide) or fax <a href="tel:678-539-2129" value="+16785392129" target="_blank">678-539-2129</a>.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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founded in 1894, is a global society advancing human
well-being through sustainable technology for the built
environment. The Society and its more than 55,000 members
worldwide focus on building systems, energy efficiency,
indoor air quality, refrigeration and sustainability.
Through research, standards writing, publishing,
certification and continuing education, ASHRAE shapes
tomorrow’s built environment today. More information can
be found at <a href="http://www.ashrae.org/news" target="_blank">www.ashrae.org/news</a>.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"></span></p>James V Dirkes II, PE, BEMP, LEED AP<br>CEO/President<br>The Building Performance Team Inc.<br>1631 Acacia Dr, GR, Mi 49504<br><br>Direct: 616.450.8653<br><a href="mailto:jim@buildingperformanceteam.com" target="_blank">jim@buildingperformanceteam.com</a><br><br><a href="http://buildingperformanceteamcom" target="_blank">Website </a>l <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jim-dirkes/7/444/413" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a><p align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"MS Reference Sans Serif","sans-serif""> </span></i></b><span style="font-family:"MS Reference Sans Serif","sans-serif""></span></p><p style="vertical-align:middle">
</p><p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="4" color="#0000ff"></font></span></p><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"><p style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Guitar strings are in constant tension against the guitar's neck during their entire life. The tension doesn’t discourage the guitar’s neck. Rather, it allows beautiful music to be made. May it be so with
our lives and their tensions.</span></p></pre></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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