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2006 Washington State Nonresidential Energy Code Compliance Form <br />1411.1 Goneral: Equipment shall have a minimum performance It the specified <br />rating conditions not less than the values shown in Table 14.1A through 14-IG If a <br />notionally recognized cendication program exists for a product covered .n Tables <br />14.1A through 14.1 G. and r Includes provisions for verification and challenge of <br />equipment efficiency ratings. then the product shelf be listed In the candroation <br />program <br />Gos-fired and oil -fired forced SW furnaces vmh input ratings a 225.000 Slum (05 <br />kW) and all unit healers Shell also have an Intermittent Ignition or mlermpted device <br />(IM). and have either mechanical draft (including power venting) of S five damper. A <br />vent damper Is an acceptable alternative to a flus damper for furnaces where <br />Combustion air is drawn from the Conditioned space. All furnaces with input ratings > <br />225.000 Slum Ids kW), including electric fumacts. that are not boated within the <br />conditioned space shall hove ISCket losses not exceeding 0.75% of the Input toting <br />1411.2 Rating Conditions Cooling equipment shall be rated at ARI lest condmont <br />and procedures when available. Where no applicable procedures exist, data mail <br />be furnished by the equlpmanl manufacturer <br />1411.5 Combination Space and Service Water Hosting: For combinalion specs <br />and service water heaters with a principal function of providing SPSce hest. Ins <br />Combined Annual Efficiency (CAE) may be calculated by using ASHRAE Standard <br />124.1991 Storage water healers used in Combination Space heal and water heat <br />applications shall have either an Energy FActor (EF) or a CAE of not less than the <br />following. <br />EF <br />CAE <br />< 50 pal storage <br />0.5E <br />0.71 <br />50 to 70 pal storage <br />0.57 <br />0.71 <br />s 70 pal storage <br />0.55 <br />0.70 <br />1411.4 Packaged Electric Hosting and Cooling Equipment: Packaged electric <br />equipment providing both hosting and cooling with a total cooling capacay greater <br />than 20, Steam shall be S heat pump <br />Exception: Unstained equipment Shearers or cabinets used e01e1y for <br />personal wireless ServKe facilities. <br />1412 Controls <br />1412.1 Temperature Controls ESch system shall be provided with at lent one <br />temperature control device. Each zone shall be controlled by Individual thermostatic <br />Controls responding to temperature within the tone At a minimum, each floor of a <br />budding Shall be considered os a separate zone. <br />1R2.2 Deadband Controls: When used to control both Comfort hosting and <br />cooling, zone thermostatic controls Shall be capable of a deadband of at least 5 <br />degrees F within which the supply01 hooting and cooling energy to the zone Is shut <br />oft or raft to a minimum <br />Exceptions: <br />t Spe sal accupincy spacial usage. or Cade requirements where <br />dead Lend controls are not appropriate <br />2 Buildings Complying with Section 1141 4, d in the proposed budding <br />energy analysis, healing and cooling thermostat saf icints are set to <br />the some Idmperstue between 70 degrees F and 75 degrees F <br />inclusive and assumed to be constant throughout the year <br />0 Thermostats that require manual Changeover between healing and <br />cooling modes <br />1412.0 Humidity Controls: If a system a avuipped with s means for adding <br />moisturea hum Wive Shell be provided <br />1412.4 Setback and Shut -Off: HVAC systems Shall be equipped with automatic <br />controls capable of accomplishing a reduction of energy use through control setback <br />or equipment shutdown during periods of non-use at sremals use of the spaces <br />served by the system. The automatic controls shall have a minimum oven -day <br />clock and be capable of being Sol for seven different day types per week. II must <br />retain programming and Isns far a power lose of 10 hours and Include an accessible <br />manual override of up to 2 hours <br />Excoptloos: <br />1 Systems Serving areas which require Continuous operation at the <br />some temperature setpoinl. <br />2 Equipment with full load demands of 2 kW (0.E25 Blum) of less may <br />be controlled by readily accessible manual off -hour controls <br />0. Systems controlled by an occupant sensor met is capable of shutting <br />the system ail when no occupant is sensed for a period of up to 00 <br />minute <br />4 Systems controlled solely by a manually operated timer capable of <br />operating the system for no mom than two hours <br />1412.4A Dampen: Outside air intakes, exhaust outlets and relief outlets Serving <br />Conditioned spaces mall be equipped with dampers which Close â– ulomatically when <br />the system is off or upon power failure Stan Shin and elevator short smoke relief <br />openings shall be equipped with normally oPen (falls to open upon loss of power) <br />dampers These dampers shall remain closed until donated by the Fire alarm <br />System or other approved smoke delecti0n sySlerri <br />Exceptions: <br />1. Systems serving area$ which require continuous operation <br />2. Combustion air Intakes. <br />0, Gravity (nonmotorumd) dampers are acceptable In buildings lose <br />men 0 slotted In height. <br />4. Gravity (nonmolorized) dampers are acceptable In exhaust and retie <br />outlets In the first story and level$ below the first story of buildings <br />three or more stones In height <br />1412.4.2 Optimum Start Control$: Hosting and cooling Systems with design supply <br />141z.a ventilation controls for nrgn- ccuponcy ^toss: udmana Conimi <br />ventilation (DCV) Is required for spaces that an larger then 500 112, hove . design <br />occupancy for ventilation of greater then 40 people for 1000 112 of floor area, and are <br />Served by systems with one or more of the following <br />a An air -side economizer, <br />b Automatic modulating control of the outdoor air damper, or <br />c A design outdoor saflow, greater than 0000 city. <br />Exceptions: <br />1 Systems with energy recovery complying with Stcllon 147E <br />2. MuMpleaone systems without tlirect-digital control of individual zones <br />Communicating with a central Control pane. <br />0 Systems with a design outdoor sifhow lost than 1200 Cfm. <br />4. Spaces where the supply airflow rate minus any makeup or outgoing <br />transfer oil requvament Is lose than 1200 arm. <br />1412 Air Economlzsn <br />1413.1 Operslion: Air economizers Shall be of automatically modulating outside and <br />return air dampers to provide 100 percent of the design supply air as outside air to <br />reduce or eliminate The need for mechanical cooling. Water economizers shell be <br />CoFlble of providing the tole concurrent cooling bad aimed by the connoted <br />terminal equipment lacking aksWe economizer, at outside air temperatures of 45OF <br />dry-buIbl4I wet -bulb and below. For this calculation, all factors Including solar and <br />Internal food mall be the some Is those used for peak load Calculations. except for <br />the outside temperatures. <br />Exception. Water economizers using air-cooled heal rejection equipment <br />may use a 05SF dry-bulb outside Sir temperature for this calculation. This <br />exception is limited to a maximum of 20 tons per building <br />1412.2 Documentation: Water economizer plans submitted for approval shall <br />include the following Information. <br />1 Maximum outside SO conditions for which economizer is Sited to provide <br />full Cooling <br />2 Design cooling load to be provided by economizer at this oulsid. Sir <br />condhron. <br />5 Host rejection and terminal equipment performance data Including mode <br />number. flow raidcapacity. entering and leaving temperature in full <br />economizer cooling made <br />1412.0 Integrated Operation: Au economizers shall be capable of providing partial <br />cooling even when additional mechanical Cooling is required to most the remainder <br />of the cooling load. <br />Exceptions: <br />1 Individual. direct expansion units But have a reed capacity lees than <br />E5,000 Blum and use nonintegrated accromliar controls that <br />preclude simultaneous operation of the economizer and mechanical <br />Cooling <br />2, Water-cooled water Chillers with waterside economizer <br />1413.4 Humidification: If an or economizer is required on a cooling system for <br />which humidification equipment is to be provided to maintain minimum Indoor <br />humidity levels. then The humidihor mall be or the edlebetlo type (direst /valloreWs <br />media or fog alomliation type) <br />Exceptions <br />I. Health care facilities where WAC 24E-320.525 allows only oteem <br />injection humWdism in ductwork downstream of final filters 1412 E <br />Combustion Hosting Equipment Controls Combustion hosting <br />equipment with a Capacity over 225,000 Blum shall have modulating <br />or staged combustion control <br />2. Systems won water economizer <br />0 100% outside as systems with no provisions for Sir recirculation to the <br />Contra supply ten <br />4. Nonedlabolic hum difiam cumulatively serving no more than 10% of a <br />building's at economizer capacity as measured In plan. This refers to <br />the system cfm serving rooms with Stand Hone or duct mounted <br />humWSlem <br />1414 Dueling Systems <br />1414.1 Sealing: Duct work which Is designed to operate at p9esums above 112 Inch <br />weor column delta pressure mall be sealed in accordance with Standard RS-1E <br />Extent of teeing required Is as follows <br />I Static pressure 112 Inch to 2 inches, seal transverse joints <br />2 Static pressure 2 inches to 0 Inches, see on transverse joints end <br />longitudinal seams. <br />0 Static pressure. above 3Inches, seal all transverse pints longitudinal <br />sums and duct wall penstrations <br />Duct tape and other pressure sensitive tape shall not be used As the primary <br />sealant where ducts ere designed to operate at static pressures of 1 inch W.0 or <br />greater <br />1414.2 Insulation: Ducts and plenume that are Constructed and function as pan of <br />the building envelops, by &operating Interior Specs, from exterior space. shall most an <br />applicable requiremenls of Chapter 10. Thais requirements Include Insulation <br />Instalistion, moisture control, sit leakage, and building envelops insulation levels <br />Unheated equipment rooms with combustion air louvers mull be isolated from Ins <br />conditioned span by Insulating interior surfaces to a minimum of R-t 1 and any <br />attempt envelope surfaced per Chapter 15. Outsids Sir ducts carving individual <br />supply eat units with less than 2.E00 arm of tote supply air capacity shall be insulated <br />to a minimum of R-7 and are not Considered building envelope Oftler outside Six <br />duct rerla are Considered building envelope until they, <br />1. connect to the hosting or CaodnI equipment, of <br />2. tie isolated from the exterior win an automatic shut-off damper complying <br />