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2015 Washington State En- Code Compliance Forms for Commercial, R2 an - 3 over 3 stories and all R1 <br /> Economizer Exceptions, cont. MECH-ECONO <br /> 2015 Washington State Energy Code Compliance Forms for Commercial Buildings including R2&R3 over 3 stories and all R1 Revised January 2017 <br /> Project Title: I Date 5/28/2020 <br /> ECONOMIZER EXCEPTIONS-NEW CONSTRUCTION AND ADDITIONS,CONTINUED <br /> Exp10 Coolingequipment for dedicated server,electronic equipment or Cooling <br /> EconomizerSystem ID Compliance Capacity <br /> telecom switch rooms.Per building limit for this exception is y Option P y <br /> Exception 240,000 Btu/h cooling capacity or 10%of required building air (Btu/h) <br /> Sltmmd economizer capacity,whichever is greater.Part load control <br /> required over 85,000 Btu/h.Additional requirements apply. <br /> Option a- Cooling equipment efficiency shall be 15%better than the <br /> WSEC required minimum efficiency.. <br /> Option b- Waterside economizer required.Cooling equipment <br /> efficiency shall be 5%better than the WSEC required <br /> minimum efficiency. <br /> Option c- Waterside economizer required.All cooling equipment is <br /> subject to ASHARE Standard 127. Total Claimed Exempt Capacity: <br /> Refer to Section Total building air economizer capacity(if claimed>240 kBtu/h): <br /> C403.3 for <br /> descriptions of Alternate Exp 10 Capacity Limit: <br /> economizer ECONOMIZER EXCEPTIONS-MECHANICAL SYSTEM ALTERATIONS OR REPLACEMENT System ID Alt.Strategy <br /> provisions and <br /> exceptions. For C503.4 Pre-approved design alternative to full compliance with air economizer <br /> alterations refer Exp 1 requirement.An alternative for mechanical system alterations where existing <br /> to Section building constraints make full compliance with air economizer requirement <br /> C503.4 and impractical.Provide calculations to the code official that demonstrate the <br /> Table C503.4. proposed alternate design strategy provides similar energy savings to the <br /> annual energy that would be saved by the cooling system with air economizer <br /> per C403.3. <br /> • <br /> ECONOMIZER EXCEPTIONS-SIMPLE SYSTEMS Cooling <br /> C503.4 Qualifying small equipment.Per unit limit less than 33,000 Btu/h.Per System ID Capacity <br /> Exp 2 building limit for this exception is 72,000 Btu/h cooling capacity or 5%of (Btu/h) <br /> required building air economizer capacity,whichever is greater.Cooling <br /> equipment efficiency shall be 15%better than WSEC required minimum <br /> efficiency.Not eligible:non-unitary equipment,unitary equipment installed <br /> outdoors or in mech room adjacent to outdoors,equipment installed during <br /> new construction,shell-and-core construction,or initial tenant - <br /> improvement. <br /> Total Claimed Exempt Capacity: <br /> Total building air economizer capacity(if claimed>72,000 Btu/h): <br /> Alternate C503.4 Exp 2 Capacity Limit: <br /> C503.4 Equipment that provides hydronic chilled water for chilled water terminal Cooling <br /> Exp 3 units.Equipment part load cooling efficiency(IPLV)shall be better than System ID Capacity <br /> WSEC required minimum efficiency by at least 25%.Per building limit (Btu/h) <br /> for this exception is 480,000 Btu/h cooling capacity or 20%of required <br /> building air economizer capacity,whichever is greater.Chilled water <br /> terminal units serving Group R occupancies are not included in the <br /> building capacity total. Total Claimed Exempt Capacity: <br /> Total building air economizer capacity(if claimed>480,000 Btu/h): <br /> Alternate C503.4 Exp 3 Capacity Limit: <br /> Table Compliance Options for alteration or replacement of existing System ID Equipment Compliance <br /> C503.4 mechanical cooling equipment per Table C503.4.Refer to table Type Path <br /> and all applicable table footnotes for full requirements.Applies to <br /> the following retrofit conditions: <br /> Option a-Any new or replacement equipment <br /> Option b-Replacement equipment of same type with same or <br /> smaller cooling output capacity. <br /> Option c-Replacement equipment of same type with large <br /> cooling output capacity. <br /> Option d-New equipment added to existing system or <br /> replacement equipment that is different than existing <br /> being replaced. <br /> �31\ <br />