Strategies to save 50% site energy in grocery and general merchandise stores
By: Adam Hirsch, Elaine Hale, Matthew Leach
Contributors: Hale, Elaine T.; Leach, Matthew; National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.); ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2010 : Pacific Grove, Calif.)
Series: NREL/CP -- 5500-48197; Conference paper (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)) -- NREL/CP-5500-48197.
Publisher: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Golden, CO]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 13
Subjects: Retail Stores; Energy consumption; Architecture and energy conservation; Commercial buildings; Energy conservation; Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery
Other titles: Strategies to save fifty percent site energy in grocery and general merchandise stores
Description: This paper summarizes the methodology and main results of two recently published Technical Support Documents. These reports explore the feasibility of designing general merchandise and grocery stores that use half the energy of a minimally code-compliant building, as measured on a whole-building basis. We used an optimization algorithm to trace out a minimum cost curve and identify designs that satisfy the 50% energy savings goal. We started from baseline building energy use and progressed to more energy-efficient designs by sequentially adding energy design measures (EDMs). Certain EDMs figured prominently in reaching the 50% energy savings goal for both building types: (1) reduced lighting power density; (2) optimized area fraction and construction of view glass or skylights, or both, as part of a daylighting system tuned to 46.5 fc (500 lux); (3) reduced infiltration with a main entrance vestibule or an envelope air barrier, or both; and (4) energy recovery ventilators, especially in humid and cold climates. In grocery stores, the most effective EDM, which was chosen for all climates, was replacing baseline medium-temperature refrigerated cases with high-efficiency models that have doors.
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"March 2011."

"Presented at the ACEEE Summer Study 2010, Pacific Grove, California, August 15-20, 2010."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 13).

DE-AC36-08GO28308 BEC7.1203

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