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Can you help provide insights on the batch of building energy efficiency questions below?
A set of questions for the Energy Efficiency Gurus here.1) If one is building a new building how does one measure in KWH the improved efficiency based on the design?2) Once the building is built, how does one prove the building meets the design..
(more)1) If one is building a new building how does one measure in KWH the improved efficiency based on the design?
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Hi Doug, To estimate the energy efficiency of a new building you have to compare it to a fictional baseline. That baseline is an almost equivalent building, that would look the same and with the same usage, only its enveloppe performance and HVAC equipment would be different. We would pull those baseline performances out of local or international energy codes, ASHRAE 90.1 being the most used.
Energy Efficiency Professionals: With Earth Day coming up this Thursday April 22, what are you working on to clean up the planet? Share your work with the community & seek out ideas/feedback!
It’s Earth Day this Thursday, April 22 and we want to hear the voices of the Energy Efficiency Community from every corner of the United States, Canada, and even the world.
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NACFE (https://nacfe.org/emerging-technology/electric-trucks-2/) is working to educate the North American trucking industry on numerous ways to slash diesel fuel use or eliminate it completely with electrification and hydrogen fuel cell trucks. Our 10 session Electric Truck Bootcamp is free to all fleets and utilities and leads into a 13 battery electric truck demonstration with 13 different...
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Matt Great topic. Energy Efficiency is a great way to save and be smarter about power use. A simple example is the LED light. It is 10 times more efficient than an old incandescent bulb. The old bulbs make 90% heat and should be called a Heat Bulb and not a Light bulb. An LED will last longer and provide better light. The LED also lasts longer by a 100% or more longer life.
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