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    <p><tt>What started as a discussion on BLDG-SIM many years ago is now
        an ASHRAE standard. See below.<br>
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    <p><tt>Jason</tt><br>
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            <td>ASHRAE Publishes Energy Simulation-Aided Design Standard</td>
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            <td>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 20:19:54 +0000</td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
            <td>Buckley Washington, Karen
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kbwashington@ashrae.org"><kbwashington@ashrae.org></a></td>
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            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jglazer@gard.com">jglazer@gard.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jglazer@gard.com"><jglazer@gard.com></a></td>
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              style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ASHRAE
              Publishes Energy Simulation-Aided Design Standard</span></strong><b><span
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              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">--
            </span></em><em><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Standard
              209-2018 <span style="background:white">
                defines minimum requirements for integrating building
                energy modeling into the design process
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        <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><strong><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ATLANTA
              (April 24, 2018)</span></strong><span
            style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> – ASHRAE
            published a new standard
            <span style="background:white">describing a methodology to
              apply building energy modeling throughout the design
              process.</span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span
            style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ASHRAE
            Standard 209-2018,
            <a
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              Energy Simulation Aided Design for Buildings except Low
              Rise Residential Buildings,</a></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">defines
            minimum requirements for providing energy design assistance
            using building energy simulation and analysis.
          </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">The
            standard defines consistent energy modeling procedures to
            quantify the impact of design decisions when they are being
            made. To minimally comply with Standard 209-2018, building
            project teams must evaluate energy-efficiency options using
            modeling early in the design process (schematic design).
          </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“For many
            buildings, energy modeling is typically employed only near
            the end of the design process to determine if a building
            meets minimum
            <span style="background:white">requirements for
              energy-efficient design, outlined in </span>Standard
            90.1,” said Jason Glazer, chair of the Standard 209
            committee. “Standard 209-2018 requires building energy
            modeling earlier in the design process, so the information
            it provides will more effectively inform design decisions
            and result in higher performing buildings.”</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">This
            new standard will be useful to building owners, architects,
            government agencies and many others who want their projects
            to benefit from the use of simulation. By referencing the
            standard, they can identify appropriate modeling tasks and
            procure modeling services that add value in the design
            process.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">  
          </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">The
            standard also describes analysis activities from early
            concept development to post-occupancy.
          </span><span
            style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">The
            standard applies to new buildings, major renovations and
            additions, and defines nominal requirements for using
            modeling to support integrated design efforts.
          </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Standard
            209-2018 defines seven design-phase modeling cycles, each
            with specific modeling goals coordinated with the typical
            design process. Each modeling cycle is an extension of a
            general modeling cycle that can be applied any time during
            design. Three additional modeling cycles are defined for
            construction and operation phases, and include a design and
            post-occupancy performance comparison to help owners and
            modelers understand the impact of design phase modeling
            assumptions and inform future modeling efforts.</span><span
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