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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">D</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">on’t</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> know if anyone has experienced this before, but I have been getting curious results with a chilled water meter I am</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">modeling</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> for a LEED project.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The baseline building is a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">System packaged VAV system, while the designed building is a VAV system,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">but with a central chilled water plant. I am using a chilled water meter with the campus utility rate applied to it (this project was registered in 2007 so the new LEED</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">modeling</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> guidelines for this don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t apply, and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">it’s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> based on appendix</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> G)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Problem is, that even though there is a reduction in cooling dollars, the BEPS report shows a drastic</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">threefold</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">) increase in Space Cooling MBTUs. I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">m guessing this is because the efficiencies with the designed building are embedded in the chilled water rate.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri"> Is this the case, or am I missing something here? Also</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> if that is the case, is there a way I can clearly communicate that to the USGBC?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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