In the Last Analysis: An Electrified Town Garage for the 21st Century
Details matter in this analysis of a challenging building type, a 9000sf Vermont town garage. First principles were applied to assess HVAC cases: two heat-pump types, two combustion fuels, with and without photovoltaics. Baseline code metal building was compared to high performance wood. Parameters evaluated include embodied and operational emissions, peak demand, energy use, and operating cost, along with a deep dive into COPs for A2WHP and GSHP. In these days of elaborate black-box software, come see the outcome of this thorough 30-year life-cycle cost analysis.
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Event Time:
Thursday, March 20, 2025 - 2:30pm to 3:30pm
Room / Location:
Harbor 2
CEU Information:
Credit pending for AIA, BOC, BPI, GBCI, MA CSL, NAHB, NARI, PHI, Phius, and RESNET certification.
Learning Objectives:
- Compare heating COP performance vs outdoor air temperature for three air-to-water heat pumps
- Employ a simplified method to estimate closed loop ground source heat pump heating system over the course of a winter
- Explain the role of peak electrical demand in an all-electric building on system design and on operating cost
- Assess the multiple roles that radiant heat can play in a road maintenance garage
Session ID:
BOS25-131