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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank you Ari and Bill!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I figured MBTU was million BTU. The thing that threw me off was that summary report showing 9 zeros! But that was single digits too which means both translate to 5.8935 billion BTU’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Or 5,893.5 MBTU like you say!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">See my attached PSE report for Fuel Meter 1. It sais..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">MBTU 5893<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">MAX MBTU/HR 2.0<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">MON/DY 1/13<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">PEAK ENDUSE 2.0<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">PEAK PCT 100<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">So wouldn’t this translate to 2.0 referring to MBTU/HR and not KBTU/HR?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">It just doesn’t show the units of demand on BEPS or PS-E reports (just sais “peak enduse”). But the number (2.0) is the same as max MBTU/HR so I assumed that to be the unit of demand.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I should note that this project is in Alaska so the fuel usage in the baseline is higher than normal. The models go through -40 to -50 temperatures at one point for heating.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">So it definitely puts a big demand on the PSZ systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Fortunately, I already had my “fuel meter type” to fuel-oil in both models and my BTU/unit is already good to go also (like Bill showed in his screen capture).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">-Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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""> Greenberg, Ari [mailto:AGreenberg@brplusa.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 26, 2015 5:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Chris Baker<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Question regarding fuel use<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi Chris –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Not sure if anyone responded yet, but I’ll give it a shot:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">MBTU is
<i>million </i>BTU, so 5893.5 MBTU = 5,893.5 million BTU or 5.8935 billion Btu (hence the graph). If LEED requires kBtu = 1,000 Btu, divide MBTU by 1,000.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The brain-hurting one is that for demand MBH is kBtu/hr, not MBTU/hr (in this case old latin M = 1,000 thing, not M = million) – not quite sure where you got
2.0 MBTU/HR = MBH, it should be 1 MBtu/hr = 1000 MBH.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">By the way, it is possible to choose your own units for your meters in the “Basic Specifications” of the fuel meter window. The energy and demand “label” numbers
correspond to the conversion table in the LV-M report. For example 64 and 65 are KBTU/HR and KBTU, respectively – you would just have to input the correct Btu/unit (in that case 1,000).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hope this helps,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Ari<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 [<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Baker<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 25, 2015 9:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Question regarding fuel use<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My PS-F reports for fuel use is in Gallons with peak demand in Gallons/Minute.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My PS-E reports for fuel use is in MBTU with peak demand in MBTU/Hr.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The dropdown menus in the LEED online forms don’t give you the option to input fuel capacities in Gallons or MBTU. Hence my confusion.<o:p></o:p></p>
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For LEED online <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My units of energy = kbtu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My units of demand = MBH<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">SO the conversions need to be done as follows for entry to leed online…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">fuel use: <b>5893.5 MBTU – kbtu</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The conversion for demand: <b>2.0 MBTU/HR – MBH</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">At first I thought <b>1 MBTU = 1 million BTU’s ??</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But looking at my summary reports I see the MBTU fuel use at 5.8935 on the graph, then it sais:
<b>(x000,000,000)</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This implies that 1 MBTU = 1 Billion BTU’s but I’m not sure if this is correct?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Plus, my brain hurts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Chris Baker<br>
CCI CAD Drafter<o:p></o:p></p>
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