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Hello,

I am trying to create - or find - some guidelines to share with the project managers in my firm to help them determine which of their projects they should and should not include when reporting work to the DDx related to energy use and lighting density. We haven't made it to embodied carbon yet. 

I do remember at least one discussion like this on the forum from some time back, but can't recall a resolution or find the thread so hope everyone will forgive me posing the following questions:

1) Should we include non-enclosed structures in the whole building category?  Eg: pavilions with an electrical load of some lighting and perhaps a couple of convenience outlets

2) Should we include enclosed, but non-conditioned structures? Eg: naturally ventilated buildings

3) Does anyone set threshold limits? Eg: "we only report structures over 'x'sf" or other criteria which might rule out typically very low energy intensity projects (sheds, barns, restrooms, similar)

4) Has anyone tried reporting a stand-alone restroom building and, if so, what area use type did you classify it as for establishing the baseline EUI?

5) Is there a resource which defines what makes a renovation a "major renovation"?  Or is that left to us to define a percentage of building area/cost value/change in energy load?

6) Have I overlooked a resource which already establishes all of these things?

Thanks to anyone who has input on any of these or can point me to what I've missed.

Hello,

I am trying to create - or find - some guidelines to share with the project managers in my firm to help them determine which of their projects they should and should not include when reporting work to the DDx related to energy use and lighting density. We haven't made it to embodied carbon yet. 

I do remember at least one discussion like this on the forum from some time back, but can't recall a resolution or find the thread so hope everyone will forgive me posing the following questions:

1) Should we include non-enclosed structures in the whole building category?  Eg: pavilions with an electrical load of some lighting and perhaps a couple of convenience outlets

2) Should we include enclosed, but non-conditioned structures? Eg: naturally ventilated buildings

3) Does anyone set threshold limits? Eg: "we only report structures over 'x'sf" or other criteria which might rule out typically very low energy intensity projects (sheds, barns, restrooms, similar)

4) Has anyone tried reporting a stand-alone restroom building and, if so, what area use type did you classify it as for establishing the baseline EUI?

5) Is there a resource which defines what makes a renovation a "major renovation"?  Or is that left to us to define a percentage of building area/cost value/change in energy load?

6) Have I overlooked a resource which already establishes all of these things?

Thanks to anyone who has input on any of these or can point me to what I've missed.

Hello,

I am trying to create - or find - some guidelines to share with the project managers in my firm to help them determine which of their projects they should and should not include when reporting work to the DDx related to energy use and lighting density. We haven't made it to embodied carbon yet. 

I do remember at least one discussion like this on the forum from some time back, but can't recall a resolution or find the thread so hope everyone will forgive me posing the following questions:

1) Should we include non-enclosed structures in the whole building category?  Eg: pavilions with an electrical load of some lighting and perhaps a couple of convenience outlets

2) Should we include enclosed, but non-conditioned structures? Eg: naturally ventilated buildings

3) Does anyone set threshold limits? Eg: "we only report structures over 'x'sf" or other criteria which might rule out typically very low energy intensity projects (sheds, barns, restrooms, similar)

4) Has anyone tried reporting a stand-alone restroom building and, if so, what area use type did you classify it as for establishing the baseline EUI?

5) Is there a resource which defines what makes a renovation a "major renovation"?  Or is that left to us to define a percentage of building area/cost value/change in energy load?

6) Have I overlooked a resource which already establishes all of these things?

Thanks to anyone who has input on any of these or can point me to what I've missed.

Thanks to everyone for posting the DDx help pages (and great answer Alison)! Responding to a few points with details here:

• If a space is conditioned we recommend reporting it if it's over 100 GSF but below 5 million GSF.
• Typically we recommend excluding unconditioned space or parking that is unconditioned unless you've included it in modeling, you can find more guidance here on the use type help page.
• For major renovation it's really at the discretion of the firm to decide how much has been altered
• Check out the DDx help FAQ page for other useful tips

Hello,

I am trying to create - or find - some guidelines to share with the project managers in my firm to help them determine which of their projects they should and should not include when reporting work to the DDx related to energy use and lighting density. We haven't made it to embodied carbon yet. 

I do remember at least one discussion like this on the forum from some time back, but can't recall a resolution or find the thread so hope everyone will forgive me posing the following questions:

1) Should we include non-enclosed structures in the whole building category?  Eg: pavilions with an electrical load of some lighting and perhaps a couple of convenience outlets

2) Should we include enclosed, but non-conditioned structures? Eg: naturally ventilated buildings

3) Does anyone set threshold limits? Eg: "we only report structures over 'x'sf" or other criteria which might rule out typically very low energy intensity projects (sheds, barns, restrooms, similar)

4) Has anyone tried reporting a stand-alone restroom building and, if so, what area use type did you classify it as for establishing the baseline EUI?

5) Is there a resource which defines what makes a renovation a "major renovation"?  Or is that left to us to define a percentage of building area/cost value/change in energy load?

6) Have I overlooked a resource which already establishes all of these things?

Thanks to anyone who has input on any of these or can point me to what I've missed.

Hello,

I am trying to create - or find - some guidelines to share with the project managers in my firm to help them determine which of their projects they should and should not include when reporting work to the DDx related to energy use and lighting density. We haven't made it to embodied carbon yet. 

I do remember at least one discussion like this on the forum from some time back, but can't recall a resolution or find the thread so hope everyone will forgive me posing the following questions:

1) Should we include non-enclosed structures in the whole building category?  Eg: pavilions with an electrical load of some lighting and perhaps a couple of convenience outlets

2) Should we include enclosed, but non-conditioned structures? Eg: naturally ventilated buildings

3) Does anyone set threshold limits? Eg: "we only report structures over 'x'sf" or other criteria which might rule out typically very low energy intensity projects (sheds, barns, restrooms, similar)

4) Has anyone tried reporting a stand-alone restroom building and, if so, what area use type did you classify it as for establishing the baseline EUI?

5) Is there a resource which defines what makes a renovation a "major renovation"?  Or is that left to us to define a percentage of building area/cost value/change in energy load?

6) Have I overlooked a resource which already establishes all of these things?

Thanks to anyone who has input on any of these or can point me to what I've missed.