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BASIS OF DESIGN CORPORATE CENTRAL PLANT EXPANSION

Date: October 2014

o New Construction

Project Name: Office Building Tenant Fitout

Project #: 2014-03 Prepared By: Reader

Revision date:

BUILDING

4Renovation o Addition
o

Sq. Ft.: 10,000

No. of floors below grade: None

No. of floors at and above grade: 2

UTILITIES

4Existing Natural Gas: o New o Upgrade o

4Existing Steam: o New o Upgrade o
4Existing Chilled Water: o New o Upgrade o
4Existing
Electrical: o New o Upgrade o
4Supply Air o
4Return Air o Exhaust
Hot Water: o New o Upgrade 4
o Existing Terminal Units: 4
o New o Upgrade o Existing Air Systems to Tenant Space: o
4Existing
Services from Utility for: o Electric o Gas o District energy steam o
Campus Power Plant: o Electric o Gas o Steam o CHWS o CWS o Hot Water 4
o None

UTILITY DESIGN PARAMETERS

4120/1/60 o 208/3/60 o 277/3/60 o

4480/3/60 o
Electrical: o

/3/60

4None Gas: o Design parameters by plumbing engineer

Emergency Power: o New o Diesel oil o Gas o Existing o
Steam Pressure: o Low @

psig o Medium @

psig o High @

Chilled Water Temperature: o CHWS @ 42F o CHWR @ 56F

Condenser Water Temperature: o CWS @

F o CWR @

psig o High @

psig

4None
o
4None
o

4HWS @ 160F & HWR @ 120F when 17F OAT and 105F HWS @ 85F @ 60F with boilers off when OAT is 60F o Fixed HWS @
Hot Water Temperature: o

F & HWR @

ASHRAE APPLICATION HANDBOOK

ASHRAE 2011 Handbook: Chapter {3}

ASHRAE 2012 Handbook: Chapter {2} {4} {5}

OWNER MECHANICAL DESIGN PARAMETERS

4Above ceiling in occupied space o In central equipment room(s) o

Equipment Location: o On floor being served o

o In penthouse o On roof

4No
o

Maintenance Outside Occupied Space: o Yes serving primary HVAC equipment

4No
Redundancy: o For (List Equipment) o N+? o
Equipment/System Expansion: o Increase equipment size by

4No
o

Indoor Air Quality at: o MERV rating of {8} for pre-filters MERV rating of {14} for final filters

4Design parameters by acoustic consultant

Acoustic & Vibration Criteria: o
Specialty Room(s): o (List Room)
Occpancy Schedule: o 24-7-365

4None
o
4Occupied/Unoccupied
o

o None

o None
DESIGN CRITERIA

Outdoor Dry Bulb & Wet Bulb: 17F Heating season

91F/ 77F Cooling season

4Occupied-unoccupied o 24-7 occupied o Unoccupied period o

4Warm-up and cool down Set Point: 70F Heating season & 76F <60%RH Cooling season
Tentant Space: o
Mechanical & Electrical Space and Back of the House Area: o Occupied-unoccupied o 24-7 occupied o Unoccupied period o Warm-up and cool down
4Not applicable Set Point: F Heating season & F < %RH Cooling season o4Not applicable
o

LEED Certification: o Yes

4No
o

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT CRITERIA

o Other certification (List the Program)

Annual Operating Budget: o With energy budget

o With organization structure

4Outsource
o

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

SPECIAL CONDITIONS & REQUIREMENTS

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