Building Performance Rating Method Calculation of the Proposed and Baseline Building Performance

Baseline Building Service Hot-Water
Systems
In general, the service hot water system in
the baseline building shall comply with the
mandatory measures and prescriptive
requirements specified in Chapter 7 of the
Standard. The baseline building water
heating system shall use the same energy
source as the proposed building, if the
proposed building uses electric water
heaters, then so should the baseline
building. The baseline building service
water heating system shall meet the
minimum efficiency requirements
specified in § 7.2.2 of the Standard.
Not all nonresidential buildings have
service hot water systems. In the
extremely rare case that the proposed
building does not include a service water
heating system and, based on the
occupancy of the proposed building, there
is no service hot water load, then no
service hot water system shall be modeled
in the baseline building or the proposed
building.
If an addition is being rated with
consideration of the existing portion of
the building and the existing building has a
water heater that will continue to be used
for the existing building, the addition or
both, then the baseline building service
water heating system shall reflect the
actual system type using actual component
capacities and efficiencies of the existing
system.
In the case where the proposed
building does not include a service water
heating system, but based on the
occupancy of the proposed building, the
building has service water loads, then an
electric resistance electric water heating
system shall be used for both the baseline
building and the proposed building that
meets the minimum efficiency
requirements of § 7.2.2. An identical
system shall be used for both the
proposed building and the baseline
building so that there is no benefit or
penalty in the building performance rating.
When the proposed building includes
a single system for both space heating and
service water heating, the baseline building
shall use separate systems meeting the
minimum efficiency requirements
applicable to each system individually.
When the prescriptive requirements of
§ 6.3.6.2 require that heat be recovered

Table G-B—Acceptable Occupant Densities, Receptacle Power Densities, and Service Hot Water Consumption1

Receptacle
Occupancy Density2 Power Density3 Service Hot Water Quantities4
Building Type ft2/Person Watts/ ft 2 Btu/h . Person
(Btu/h . ft2) (Btu/h . ft2)

Assembly 50 (4.60) 0.25 (0.85) 215

Health/Institutional 200 (1.15) 1.00 (3.41) 135
Hotel/Motel 250 (0.92) 0.25 (0.85) 1,110
Light Manufacturing 750 (0.31) 0.20 (0.68) 225
Office 275 (0.84) 0.75 (2.56) 175
Parking Garage NA NA NA
Restaurant 100 (2.30) 0.10 (0.34) 390
Retail 300 (0.77) 0.25 (0.85) 135
School 75 (3.07) 0.50 (1.71) 215
Warehouse 15,000 (0.02) 0.10 (0.34) 225
1. The occupancy densities, receptacle power densities, and service hot water consumption values are from ASHRAE Standard 90.1-1989 and addenda.
2. Values are in square feet of conditioned floor area per person. Heat generation in Btu per person per hour is 230 sensible and 190 latent. Figures in parenthesis are equivalent Btu per
hour per square foot.
3. Values are in Watts per square foot of conditioned floor area. Figures in parenthesis are equivalent Btu per hour per square foot. These values are the minimum acceptable. If other
process loads are not input (such as for computers, cooking, refrigeration, etc.), it is recommended that receptacle power densities be increased until total process energy consumption is equivalent
to 25% of the total.
4. Values are in Btu per person per hour.

G-32 User’s Manual for ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007