Practice Exercise: Building Envelope Systems

Your Name

Your building envelope recommendations for this practice exercise should feature:

  • Your recommended settings for the Insight Factor tiles
  • A screenshot from Insight showing the Predicted Mean EUI and the range of values resulting from your assumptions

Baseline Settings:

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  • Operating Schedule 12/5
  • R38 Roof Construction

Scenario 1- Building Envelope Adjustments:

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  • Baseline settings
  • WWR between 15-0% for all walls
  • Trp LoE for all window glass
  • 14-inch ICF Wall Construction

Scenario 2- Power and Lighting Adjustments:

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  • Baseline Settings
  • 0.6 W/sf Plug Load Efficiency
  • 0.3 W/sf Lighting Efficiency
  • Occupancy Controls

Scenario 2B- 1 and 2 combined:

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  • All above settings

Scenario 3- PV Pannel Adjustments:

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  • Baseline Settings
  • 30 yr PV Payback Limit
  • 90% PV Surface Coverage
  • 20.4% PV Pannel Efficiency

Scenario 3B- All Settings Combined:

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  • All above settings

Scenario Comparison:

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