9.4 : High Performance Buildings
9.4.4 |
Case Study, The
Philip Merrill Environmental Center, Annapolis, Maryland |
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(Office) |
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Building Design |
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Floor Area: |
31,000 SF |
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Floors: |
2 |
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Footprint: |
220 ft. x (1) |
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2 Floors of
open office space |
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Attached
pavilion containing: |
Meeting space |
Kitchen |
Staff dining |
Conference room |
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Shell |
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Windows |
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U-Factor |
SHGC (2) |
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Type: |
Double Pane, Low-e, Argon Filled Insulating
Glass |
0.244 |
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0.41 |
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Wall/Roof |
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Material |
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Effective R-Value |
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Interior Wall |
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plywood, gypsum, SIP foam, and sheathing |
28.0 |
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Exterior Wall |
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gypsum and insulated metal framing |
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9.3 |
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Roof |
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plywood, gypsum, SIP foam, and sheathing |
38.0 |
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HVAC |
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18 ground
source heat pumps |
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fin and tube
radiators connected to a propane boiler |
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1 air
condtioning unit |
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Lighting Power
Densities (W/SF) |
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First Floor: |
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1.2 |
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Second Floor: |
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1.6 |
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Conference
Room: |
1.4 |
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Energy/Power |
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PV System: |
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4.2 kW thin-film system |
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Net Annual
Energy Usage (thousand Btu/SF*year): |
39.9 |
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Note(s): |
1) Width varies
from about 74 ft. to 59 ft. along different sections of the length. 2) Solar
heat gain coefficient. |
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DOWNLOAD TABLE AS PDF XLS
Related Tables:
Sources:
NREL, Lessons Learned from Case Studies of Six High-Performance Buildings, June 2006, p. 5 Table A-2 p. 130
| NREL, Analysis of the Energy Performance of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Philip Merrill Environmental Center, April 2005, p. 6-24
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