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I am looking for the written report containing all the research and references that accompanies the "Create DOE Prototype Building" BCL measure. We are hoping to use the report to tease apart some of the objects that lump together a lot of equipment so we can simulate changing out specific pieces of equipment with more efficient versions.

For example, most of the building models that have elevators explicitly have an Electric:Equipment object with the power consumption and schedule of an elevator. However, the Large Office model appears to have lumped the elevator with other equipment in a single object to model power consumption. In order to implement an efficient elevator, we need to know what portion of the energy use is from the elevator in that object.

Another example, we'd like to exchange gas and electric equipment in kitchens with ENERGYSTAR equipment, but they have been, quite reasonably, lumped together into single electric and gas equipment objects for the kitchens.

Does anyone know where I can find the report?

I am looking for the written report containing all the research and references that accompanies the "Create DOE Prototype Building" BCL measure. We are hoping to use the report to tease apart some of the objects that lump together a lot of equipment so we can simulate changing out specific pieces of equipment with more efficient versions.

For example, most of the building models that have elevators explicitly have an Electric:Equipment object with the power consumption and schedule of an elevator. However, the Large Office model appears to have lumped the elevator with other equipment in a single object to model power consumption. In order to implement an efficient elevator, we need to know what portion of the energy use is from the elevator in that object.

Another example, we'd like to exchange gas and electric equipment in kitchens with ENERGYSTAR equipment, but they have been, quite reasonably, lumped together into single electric and gas equipment objects for the kitchens.

Does anyone know where I can find the report?


Post Script

After searching a bit, I wasn't able to find a publication on the 90.1-2013 models, but I was able to find a publication, linked here, for the 90.1-2004 and previous models, which was published in 2011. With this in mind, there probably isn't an entirely new report made for updating the models to the new standards, probably just a list of updates to the models going from one ASHRAE standard to the next. The linked report states the differences between models for the different ASHRAE standards "...are reflected in the insulation values, lighting levels, and HVAC equipment types and efficiencies." However, there are some significant changes in the models from 2004 to 2013, such as the addition of the data centers to the Large Office model at some point.

So to rephrase my original question, Does anyone know where I can find a changelog or equivalent, with citations, for the 90.1-2013 models generated by the BCL measure?

I am looking for the written report containing all the research and references that accompanies the "Create DOE Prototype Building" BCL measure. We are hoping to use the report to tease apart some of the objects that lump together a lot of equipment so we can simulate changing out specific pieces of equipment with more efficient versions.

For example, most of the building models that have elevators explicitly have an Electric:Equipment object with the power consumption and schedule of an elevator. However, the Large Office model appears to have lumped the elevator with other equipment in a single object to model power consumption. In order to implement an efficient elevator, we need to know what portion of the energy use is from the elevator in that object.

Another example, we'd like to exchange gas and electric equipment in kitchens with ENERGYSTAR equipment, but they have been, quite reasonably, lumped together into single electric and gas equipment objects for the kitchens.

Does anyone know where I can find the report?


Post Script

After searching a bit, I wasn't able to find a publication on the 90.1-2013 models, but I was able to find a publication, linked here, for the 90.1-2004 and previous models, which was published in 2011. With this in mind, there probably isn't an entirely new report made for updating the models to the new standards, probably just a list of updates to the models going from one ASHRAE standard to the next. The linked report states the differences between models for the different ASHRAE standards "...are reflected in the insulation values, lighting levels, and HVAC equipment types and efficiencies." However, there are some significant changes in the models from 2004 to 2013, such as the addition of the data centers to the Large Office model at some point.

So to rephrase my original question, Does anyone know where I can find a changelog or equivalent, with citations, for the 90.1-2013 models generated by the BCL measure?