Energy efficiency measures - Residential - Hot water - Apartment building

Template assignment
Base case

40 unit apartment building, full occupancy uses 10,000 L/day hot water at 60 C Water heated by oil in central heating system boiler at 65% seasonal efficiency Hot water is available 24 hours per day

Proposed case

Replace system oil-fired boiler with new natural gas boiler at 80% seasonal efficiency Estimated hot water use reduction of 35% Temperature setback of 5 C on water heater Heat recovery from hot water system estimated at 20% Boiler replacement incremental cost: $40,000 Costs for hot water system improvements: $15,000 Annual O&M savings due to boiler replacement: $1,000 Annual O&M savings due other improvements: $3,000

Other opportunity

Increased heat recovery

Solution
The worked-out solution is the data file selected from within the RETScreen Project Database. The user automatically downloads the project database file while downloading the RETScreen software.