1.

Visit the Department of Energy (DOE) Building Energy Codes Program

website at http://www.energycodes.gov
2. Use the information provided on the DOE site to determine the status of
the energy codes in Indiana (where the Keystone Library building is located).
What is the energy code status in neighboring states? What is the energy code
status in your state?
Indiana is ASHRAE 90.1-2007 and is similar for the surrounding states. In North
Carolina it is the same, ASHRAE 90.1-2007.
3. Regardless of the energy code status, the City of Noblesville has decided
to enforce energy efficient design and construction that will require that the
Keystone Library be renovated to many requirements of the most recent
ASHRAE 90.1-2010/2012 IECC code. The Building Envelope Requirements for
the Climate Zone 5 document reflects these requirements.
4. Describe the insulation necessary to comply with the energy code (using
the prescriptive approach presented in the PowerPoint) with regard to insulating
the unheated slab-on-grade for the Keystone Project?
R-Value 13 + 3.8
5. Calculate the percentage of exterior wall composed of fenestration to
verify that the area of vertical fenestration (not including opaque doors and
opaque spandrel panels) is less than or equal to 30 percent.
Total=11657.24 ft2 Window/Door=2574.42 ft2 Percent of Fenestration=22.08%
6. Assume that the client would like to provide shading for the fenestrations
on the south face of the building. This will protect the library books and resources
from damage from the sun and result in less restrictive requirements for Solar
Heat Gain Coefficients for the fenestration. Research methods to provide window
shading and sketch a preliminary design that would provide shading such that
the resulting projection factor (PF) is greater than or equal to 0.5 to allow the
greatest increase in SHGC.
You could use and overhang over each window or shades/curtains/blinds.
7. Calculate the heat loss through the new second floor wall in the Keystone
Library Renovation. Assume an interior temperature of 68 F and an exterior
temperature of 32 F.
U=.059 A=986.73 T=36
Q=2114.42 btu

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