Practice Exercise: Building Envelope Systems

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

1. Operating Schedule: 12/5
2. Roof Construction: R38

Building Envelope Choices

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Settings

1. Thermal Properties of Wall Surface (Wall Construction) for all orientations
2. Glazing % (Window-to-Wall Ratio) for each orientation (North, South, East, West)
3. Thermal Properties of Glazing Surfaces for each orientation
4. Window Shading amount for each orientation

Building Envelope + Power & Lighting Choices

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Settings

1. Plug Load Efficiency (the equipment and appliances that draw power)
2. Lighting Efficiency (based on the efficiency of the lighting fixtures)
3. Daylighting & Occupancy Controls

Building Envelope + Power & Lighting + Photovoltaic Panels Choices