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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Allen,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Without knowing anything else about the project, one thing that comes to mind is that maybe the Baseline should be System 6 because your predominant condition is electric-only heating. This could be the case
unless you have boilers supplementing the heat pump loop, or if you have gas-fired DOAS. 60% is possible if, for example, you have heat recovery and the baseline doesn’t require it, and you are in a heating-dominated climate. If you post your .pd2 and .inp
files to the list, you never know who will take a look and provide some quick feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Bill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:wbishop@pathfinder-ea.com"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="480" height="114" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDEA5A.BDF21E90" alt="Senior Energy Engineer 28Jun2012"></span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Allen Spencer<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 04, 2013 8:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Baseline system 5 vs wshp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Equest-Users, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We have submitted a project for LEED and have received feedback that states the energy savings ( in therms ) is unsubstantiated. Has anyone else compared a vav w/ reheat system to a wshp system? Our model shows a 60% savings in therms,
does this seem excessive? I've checked the inputs and can't see why this might be happening. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Univers LT 47 CondensedLt"">Allen Spencer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT 47 CondensedLt""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT 47 CondensedLt";color:#717174">Rabideau
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT 47 CondensedLt";color:#717174">Architects<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT 47 CondensedLt"">550 Hinesburg Rd
<b><span style="color:#96070A">| </span></b>Suite 101 <b><span style="color:#96070A">|</span></b> South Burlington, VT</span><b><span style="font-family:"Univers LT 47 CondensedLt";color:#96070A"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT 47 CondensedLt"">802-863-0222
<b><span style="color:#96070A">| </span></b>allen@rabideau-architects.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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