See following email from USGBC to confirm that Energy-10 is acceptable for LEED and I'd like to share with you. I appreciate all your reply and help here.
_____________________________
Bing Liu, P.E.
Research Engineer
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Energy Science & Technology
Directorate
P.O. Box
999, MS #K5-16
Richland, WA 99352
Voice: (509) 375-3710, Fax: (509) 375-3614
Email:
Bing.Liu@xxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: Leed Info [mailto:leedinfo@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 2:04 PM
To: Liu, Bing
Subject: RE: Energy Simulation Program
Hello,
Energy 10 is fine for buildings under 10,000 sf.
Let me know if you need anything else.
Best regards,
Sabrina
______________________________________
Sabrina Morelli
LEED Program Coordinator
(202) 828-7422 x152
-----Original Message-----Energy 10 software is acceptable for LEED even though you are correct on ECBM in 90.1. The LEED Reference Guide lists some exceptions to the 90.1 ECBM. For the proper building type and systems, Energy 10 would be acceptable according to my understanding.
From: Marcus Sheffer [mailto:sheffer@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 1:30 PM
To: BLDG-SIM@xxxxxxxx
Cc: Andrew.T.Phelps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [BLDG-SIM] Energy-10 and LEED
At 12:37 PM 03/24/2003 -0600, you wrote:
The requirements for LEED 2.1 Energy and Atmosphere credit 1 state:Reduce design energy cost compared to the energy cost budget for
energysystems regulated by ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-1999 (without
amendments),as demonstrated by a whole building simulation using the Energy Cost Budget Method described in Section 11 of the Standard.
In my quick check of the standard, the modeling software must be able to
model at least ten (10) thermal zones. If we are going by the letter,
Energy-10 does not qualify because it can only model two (2) zones. The
DOE-2 website claims that the ASHRAE standard was based on DOE-2 analyses,
so it looks like DOE-2 is the winner.
(I personally have not used Energy-10 or DOE-2. I am working primarily with
EnergyPlus.)
I hope I have helped.
Andrew Phelps, CERL-ERDC
Student Contractor
Andrew.T.Phelps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(217) 352-6511, ext. 7539
-----Original Message-----
From: Liu, Bing [mailto:Bing.Liu@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 11:16 AM
To: BLDG-SIM@xxxxxxxx
Subject: [BLDG-SIM] Energy-10 and LEED
I am working on a project which had registered for LEED certification. Now
we have to make decision of the energy simulation tool we are going to use
to optimize energy performance. Our choice is DOE-2 or Energy-10. I am not
sure if Energy-10 is a qualified energy simulation program for LEED
certification and I appreciate if anyone could tell me more about it.
Thank you for your help!
_____________________________
Bing Liu, P.E.
Research Engineer
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Energy Science & Technology Directorate
P.O. Box 999, MS #K5-16
Richland, WA 99352
Voice: (509) 375-3710, Fax: (509) 375-3614
Email: Bing.Liu@xxxxxxx
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