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BASIS OF DESIGN COMMERCIAL BUILDING CORE & SHELL NEW BUILDING

LOCATED NEAR ST. LOUIS MISSOURI
Date: March 2014

Project Name: Speculative Office Building

Project #: 2014-03 Prepared By: Reader

Revision Date:

BUILDING

New Construction Renovation Addition Square Feet: 180,000

No. of Floors Below Grade: None

No. of Floors at and Above Grade: 3

UTILITIES

New Upgrade Existing Gas:

New Upgrade Existing Steam: New
Electrical:
New Upgrade Existing
Hot Water:
Electric Gas District Energy Steam Existing
Services from Utility for:

New Upgrade Existing

Upgrade Existing Chilled Water:

Campus Power Plant: Electric Gas Steam CHWS CWS Hot Water None

UTILITY DESIGN PARAMETERS

120/1/60 208/3/60 277/3/60

480/3/60
Electrical:
Emergency Power: New Diesel Oil Gas Existing
Steam Pressure: Low @

psig Medium @

/3/60 Emergency Power

None

psig High @

Design Parameters by Plumbing Engineer

Gas:
psig High @

CHWS @ 42F
Chilled Water Temperature:

CHWR @ 56F None

Condenser Water Temperature: CWS @

F CWR @

psig

None
F

HWS @ 160F & HWR @ 120F when 6F OAT and 105F HWS & 85F @ 60F with Boilers Off when OAT is 60F Fixed HWS @
Hot Water Temperature:
@ F None
ASHRAE APPLICATION HANDBOOK
ASHRAE 2011 Handbook: Chapter { 3 }

ASHRAE 2012 Handbook: Chapter { 1 } { 2 } { 3 }

OWNER MECHANICAL DESIGN PARAMETERS

In Penthouse On Roof Away From Building

Equipment Location: On Floor Being Served In Central Equipment Room(s)

Yes Serving primary HVAC equipment

Maintenance Outside Occupied Space:

No

No
Redundancy: For new central air-handlers N+?
Equipment/System Expansion: Increase Equipment Size By

No

Indoor Air Quality at: MERV Rating of {8} for Pre-filters MERV Rating of {14} for Final Filters

Design Parameters by Acoustic Consultant

Acoustic & Vibration Criteria:

None

None

Specialty Room(s):

Occupied/Unoccupied (List Hours of Occupancy)

Occpancy Schedule: 24-7-365
DESIGN CRITERIA
Outdoor Dry Bulb & Wet Bulb: 6F Heating Season

94F/77F Cooling Season

Occupied-Unoccupied Unoccupied Period

Warm-up & Cool Down
Public/Common Area:
Set Points: 70F Heating Season & 76< 60%RH Cooling Season Space Pressure: {+} {-} {=}
Occupied-Unoccupied 24-7 Unoccupied Period Warm-up & Cool Down
Mechanical & Electrical Space and Back of the House Area:
Set Points: 68F Heating Season
78F < 65%RH Cooling Season Space Pressure: {+} {-} {=}
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT CRITERIA

Yes
LEED Certification:

No

Other Certification (List the Program)

Annual Operating Budget: Energy Budget

Organization Structure

Refer To The Facility File For Additional Operation & Maintenance Design Criteria

SPECIAL CONDITIONS & REQUIREMENTS

F & HWR