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

From envelope Modifications:

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Recommended settings:

-80-95% WWR in southern and Eastern walls

-2% WWR in Northern and Western Walls

-Window Shades as present in Model

-Trp LoE for glass material

-Wall Construction acceptable as Present in Model

-0.17 ACH Infliltration

Envelope + Lighting and Power:

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Recommended additional settings:

-0.3 W/sf for lighting

-0.6 W/sf for plug in efficiency

Envelope + Lighting and Power + PV Panels:

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Recommended Additional settings:

-20.4% Panel Efficiency

-30 yr payback Limit

-90% Surface Coverage