Report Type: Project Summary

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The Project Summary report provides an overview of the results for relevant topics to quickly assess performance and identify areas for further investigation.  The topics included are:

• Building Summary  

• Weather Summary

• Building Performance

• Site Performance

• Site Thermal Energy Recovery (if applicable)

• Site Power Generation (if applicable)

• Energy End Use Summary

• Economic Alternative Comparison

• Alternative Energy End Use and Demand Comparison

• Total Monthly Electrical Consumption (kWh)

• Total Monthly Electrical Demand (kW)

Page 1

Building Summary  

Reports on general statistics for the building as well as specific air flow and peak cooling and heating loads.  The output variables included:

• Building Type    

• Conditioned Floor Area (m² - ft²)

• Total Building Area          (m² - ft²)

• Gross Wall Area                (m² - ft²)

• Window-Wall Ratio         (% - %)

• Average Plug Load Density          (W/m² - W/ft²)

• Average Lighting Density              (W/m² - W/ft²)

• Peak Occupancy               (People)

• Total Outdoor Airflow (m³/s - ft³/min)

• Cooling specific Air Flow

• Heating Specific Air Flow              

• Site Peak Cooling Load  

• Site Peak Heating Load 

Weather Summary

Provides the basics on the weather file and both the typical (1%) Summer Design Temperature and (99%) Winter Design Temperature and the User Defined set for the values, so that they can be visualized side by side.  The output variables included are:

• Location

• Weather file

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Time Zone

• Summer design DB temperature (1%)

• Summer design WB temperature (1%)

• Winter design DB temperature (99%)

• User Defined Summer design day DB temp

• User Defined Coincident design day WB temp

• User Defined Winter design day DB temp

Building Performance

Provides four bars where the simulated performance is plotted on each, with a quantified value, so that not only can the user see the outcome for each of the four parameters, but how they compare to each other as well.  The output variables included are:

• Unmet cooling load hours            (hrs - hrs)

• Unmet heating load hours           (hrs - hrs)

• # of  hours not comfortable (Simple ASHRAE Std 55)        (hrs - hrs)

• Net Site Energy Intensity :           (kWh/m² -  kBtu/ft²)

Site Performance

The output variables included are:

• Net Source Energy Use Intensity (EUI)   (kWh/m² -  kBtu/ft²)

• Annual Electrical Consumption   (kWh - kWh)

• Annual Peak Electrical Demand  (kW - kW)

• Annual Gas Consumption             (GJ - Mbtu)

• Annual Water Consumption        (m³ - gal)

• Operating Cooling Load

• Operating Heating Load               

Site Power Generation (if applicable)

The output variables included are:

• Fuel-Fired Power Generation     (kWh - kWh)

• High Temperature Geothermal (kWh - kWh)

• Photovoltaic Power        (kWh - kWh)

• Wind Power       (kWh - kWh)

• Net Decrease in On-Site Storage               (kWh - kWh)

• Sub-Total On-Site Electric             (kWh - kWh)

• Electricity Coming From Utility    (kWh - kWh)

• Surplus Electricity To Utility          (kWh - kWh)

• Net Electricity From Utility           (kWh - kWh)

• Total Electric Sources      (kWh - kWh)

Site Thermal Energy Recovery (if applicable)

The output variables included are:

• Water-Side Heat Recovery          (kWh - kWh)

• Air to Air Heat Recovery for Cooling         (kWh - kWh)

• Air to Air Heat Recovery for Heating        (kWh - kWh)

• High-Temperature Geothermal*              (kWh - kWh)

• Solar Water Thermal       (kWh - kWh)

• Solar Air Thermal              (kWh - kWh)

• Total On-Site Thermal Sources   (kWh - kWh)

Page 2 - Comparison of Site Power Generation and Thermal Energy Recovery

Provides a visual breakdown and percentage label for the different categories of each topic

Site Power Generation Pie Chart

Presents a pie chart of the output variable values presented on Page 1.  The simulated results for Site Power Generation for the BEM = 100%, and the contribution that each output variable within that topic that contributes to that 100% value is shown as a piece of the pie.

Site Thermal Energy Recovery Pie Chart

Presents a pie chart of the output variable values presented on Page 1.  The simulated results for Site Thermal Energy Recovery for the BEM = 100%, and the contribution that each output variable within that topic that contributes to that 100% value is shown as a piece of the pie.

Energy End Use Summary

A table displaying the energy end use values and a pie chart showing the percentage contribution of the energy end uses to the 100% Electricity Total.

The output variables included are:

• Cooling    (kWh-kWh)

• Heating   (GJ-MBtu)

• Heat Rejection  (GJ-MBtu)

• Fans       (GJ-MBtu)

• Pumps  (MJ/m²-kBtu/ft²)

• Humidification  

• Heat Recovery 

• Interior Equipment

• Exterior Equipment

• Interior Lighting               

• Exterior Lighting              

• Water Systems  

• Refrigeration    

• Site Power Generation 

Economic Alternative Comparison

A column chart that shows side by side the simulation results for multiple sim runs for the parameters:

• Average Yearly Savings
• Average Total Operating Cost
• Average Yearly Utility Cost
• Average Yearly Maintenance Cost

A table that shows multiple simulation runs being compared as rows and the four parameters each as a column.

Alternative Energy End Use and Demand Comparison

The output variables included are:

• Row Headers

• Grand Total

• Space Cooling

• Space Heating

• Heat Rejection

• Fans

• Pumps

• Humidification

• Heat Recovery

• Interior Receptacles

• Exterior Receptacles

• Interior Lighting

• Exterior Lighting

• Service Water Heating

• Refrigeration

• Site Power Generation

Total Monthly Electrical Consumption (kWh)

Total Monthly Electrical Demand (kW)

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