Date: 8/26/2008 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Harvard Green Campus Initiative, 46 Blackstone Street in Cambridge, MA
Cost: Free and open to the public
Program Level: 2
The USGBC has issued special instructions for design teams trying to energy model buildings using combined heat power and/or projects utilizing steam, hot water, or chilled water from a central plant. This month’s BLUG will explore the benefits / impacts these systems have on a building’s modeling, as well as some of the modeling nuances. We’ll discuss what information the building team will need from the central plant operators to maximize the design case energy efficiency. We’ll also discuss how a project team evaluates selecting traditional in-building heating and cooling sources vs. central plant heating and cooling when available. Finally, we’ll discuss central plant and in-building cogeneration (and tri-generation), its impact on greenhouse gas emissions, and applications for this technology.