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2015 Washington State Energy Code Compliance Forms for Commercial, R2 and R3 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: Date 1/1/2015 <br /> ECONOMIZER EXCEPTIONS-NEW CONSTRUCTION AND ADDITIONS,CONTINUED <br /> Economizer Exp 10 Cooling equipment for dedicated server,electronic equipment or Compliance Cooling <br /> telecom switch rooms.Per building limit for this exception is System ID Capacity <br /> Exception 240,000 Btulh cooling capacity or 10%of required building air Option (Btu/h) <br /> Summary 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 <br /> the 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 <br /> provisions and System ID Alt.Strategy <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 /> 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 (Btulh) <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 Btulh): <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 (Btulh) <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. <br /> 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 /> "6/0/.. <br /> �' <br />