Leed 2.2 Ea

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Baseline Building Performance

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The annnual energy cost for a building design intended for use as a baseline for rating above standard design, as defined in ASHRAE 90.1-2004

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Fundemental Commissioning of the Building Energy Systems

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Verifiy that the building's related systems are installed, calibrated and perform according to the owners project requirments, basis of design, and construction documents.

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what are the Energy and Atmosphere prerequisites ?

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1. Fundamental Commissioning of the Building Energy System
2. Minimum Energy Performance
3. Fundamental Refrigerant Management
4. Minimum 2 points in Optimize Energy Credit One

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ASHRAE

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American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.

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ASHRAE codes you should know for Leed-NC

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90.1 Energy Standard for Buildings
52.2 Ventilation filters - particle size
55 Thermal and Humidity
62 Minimal levels of ventilation
129 Air Exchange

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Benefits of Commissioning

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1. reduced energy use
2. lower operating cost
3. reduced contractor call backs
4. better building documentation
5. improved occupant productivity
6. Verification that the system is performing accordingly

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Who is responsible for the owner Design Requirements

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Owner Project Requirements - The Owner

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Who is responisble for the Basis of Design?

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Basis of Design - The Designer

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Commissioned Systems

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1. Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, Refrigeration (HVAC&R)
2. Lighting and Daylighting
3. Domestic Hot Water
4. Renewable energy systems

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Commissioning Deliverables

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1. OPR
2. BOD
3. Commissioning Plan
4. Commissioning Spec
5. Performance Verification Documentation
6. Commissioning Report

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OPR Documentation Requirements

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1. Owner and User Requirements
2. Environmental and Sustainability goals
3. Energy Efficiency Goals
4. Indoor Environmental Quality Requirements
5. Equipment and System Expectations
6. Building Occupant and O&M Personell Requirements.

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BOD Documentation Requirements

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1. Primary Design Assumptions
2. Standards
3. Narrative description

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Requirments addresed by ASHRAE 90.1

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Section 5 - Building Envelope
Section 6 - HVAC
Section 7 - Service Water Heating
Section 8 - Power
Section 9 - Lighting
Section 10 - Other equipment (including all permanently wired motors)

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The three ways to deal with CFC's in Prereq 3

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1. no CFC's
2. a planned phase out
3. an third party audit showing replacement or conversion is not feasible and annual leakage reduction to less than 5%.

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The sustainable items to consider when choosing a refrigerant

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1. Lifetime of the refrigerant.
2. ODP
3. GWP

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Basis of Design (BOD)

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Includes design information necessary to accomplish the owner's project requirements,including system descriptions, IEQ criteria, and references to codes and standards

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Commissioning (Cx)

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Process of verifiying and documenting that the facility and all of its systems and assemblies are planned, designed, installed, tested, operated, and maintained to meet the owners project requirements

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Commissioing Plan

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A document that outlines the organization, schedule, allocation of resources, and documentation requirements of the commissioning process

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Commissioning Report

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The document that records the results of the Cx process, incouding the as-built performance of the HVAC system and unresolved issues

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Commissioning Specification

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The contract document that details the Cx requirements of the construction contractors

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Commissioning Team

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The people responsible for working together to carry out the Cx process

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Installation Inspection

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The process of inspecting componants of the Cx systems to determine if they are installed properly and ready for systems performance testing

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Owners Project Requirements (OPR)

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A written document that details the functional requirements of a project and the expectations of how it will be used and operated

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Systems Performance Testing

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The process of determining the ability of the Cx systems to perform in accordance with the OPR, BOD, and CD's

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Minimum Energy Performance

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Establish the minimum level of energy efficiency for the proposed building and systems

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ASHRAE standard 90.1-2004

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Establishes minimum requirements for the energy-efficient design of buildings

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ASHRAE standard 90.1-2004 Appendix G

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Performance rating method -Provides a method for demonstrating performance beyond ASHRAE 90.1. Mandatory provisions must still be met.

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Commissioning Plan Documentation Requirements

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1. CX program Overview
2. Cx Team
3. Description of Cx Process Activities

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Commissioning Performance Verification Documentation Requirements

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1. Installation Inspection
2. Systems Performance Testing
3. Evaluation of results compared to OPR/BOD

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Commissioning Report Documentation Requirements

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1. Executive Summary
2. System Deficiencies
3. Performance Test Results

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Commissioning Requirements

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1. Designate a CxA
2. Document the OPR and BOD,
3. Incorporate Cx into CD's
4. Develop Cx plan.
5. Verify installation
6. Complete a Cx report.

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Fundemental Refrigerant Management

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Reduce Ozone Depletion

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EA Prerequisite 3 provision for phase out of CFC from an existing system

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5 years

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GWP

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Global Warming Potential

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ODP

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Ozone Depletion Potential

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Strategies for CFC Management

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1. no CFC's
2. a planned phase out
3. an third party audit showing replacement or conversion is not feasible and annual leakage reduction to less than 5%.

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The sustainable items to consider when choosing a refrigerant

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1. Lifetime of the refrigerant.
2. ODP
3. GWP

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Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

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Hydrocarbons that deplete the stratospheric ozone layer

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Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)

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Refrigerants that cause significantly less depletion of the strotospheric ozone layer compared to CFCs

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Refrigerants

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Working fluids of refrigeration cycles. They absorb heat from a resevoir at low temperatures and reject heat at higher temperatures

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Optimize Energy Performance

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Achieve increasing levels of energy performance above the baseline in the prerequisite standard to reduce environmental and economic impacts associated with excessive energy use.

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Optimize Energy Performance Options

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1. Whole Building Energy Simulation. (1-10 points)
2. Perscriptive Compliance Path - ASHRAE 90.1(4 points)
3. Perscriptive Compliance Advanced Buildings Core Performance Guide (2-5 pts)
4. Perscriptive Compliance Path - Advanced Buildings Benchmark V1.1 (1 pt)

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Optimize Energy Performance Special Note

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Projects registered after june 26 2007 are required to achieve at least 2 points under EAc1

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strategies to increase energy performance

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1. Reduce demand
2. Harvest free energy
3. Increase efficiency
4. Recover waste energy

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ASHREA/IESNA 90.1-2004 Appendix G

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Used to quantify performance that substantially exceeds the requirements of Standard 90.1

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How do you quantify the energy performance in EA Credit 1 Optimize Energy Performance

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Compare to a baseline builing

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Proposed Building Performance

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The annual energy cost calculated for a proposed design.

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Baseline Building Performance

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The annual energy cost for a buildng design intended for use as a baseline for rating above standard design

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Energy Demand reduction strategies

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1. optimizing building form
2. optimizing building orientation
3. Reduce internal loads through shell and lighting improvements
4. Shift loads to off-peak periods.

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Site energy harvesting strategies

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1. Using daylight
2. Ventilation cooling
4. Solar heating and power
5. Wind energy for space conditioning, service water heating and power generation.

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Daylighting

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The controlled admission of natural light into a space through glazing with the intent of reducing or eliminating electric lighting

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Energy Star Rating

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A rating a building earns using the ENergy Star Protfolio Manager to compare building energy performance to similar buildings in similar climates a score of 50 represents average building performance

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Interior Lighting Power Allowance

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The maximum light power in watts allowed for the interior of a building

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Lighting Power Density (LPD)

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Installed lighting power, per unit area

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Percentage improvement

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The percent energy cost savings for the proposed building performance versus the baseline building performance

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Rated Power

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The nameplate power on a piece of equipment. It represents the capacity of hte unit and is the maximum a unit will draw

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Receptacle Load

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Refers to allequipment that is plugged into the electricla system, from office equipment to refrigerators

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Increased energy efficiency strategies

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Design more efficient:
1. Building envelope
2. Lighting
3. HVAC systems
and Appropriately sized HVAC systems.

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Waste Energy recovery strategies

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1. Exhaust air energy recovery
2. Gray water heat recovery
3. Cogeneration

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Energy claculation methods requiring the construction of an energy model

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Energy Cost Budget and Performance Rating Method

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ASHRAE Advanced Energy Design Guide for Small Office Buildings 2004

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Simplified approach for small office buildings to improve energy performance above 90.1 by 30%.

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Largest building size allowed under ASHRAE Advanced Energy Design Guide for Small Office Buildings 2004

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20,000 sf

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Advanced Buildings Benchmark Version 1.1

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Formulated by the NEw Buildings Institute to provide a method for exceeding national codes and standards and to provide a standardized method for determining building performance

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On-Site Renewable Energy

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Encourage and recognize increasing levels of on-site renewable energy self-supply in order to reduce environmental and economic impacts associated with fossil fuel energy use

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Renewable energy systems Eligible for EA Credit 2

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Electrical Systems
Geothermal Energy Systems
Solar Thermal Systems