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7. Operational Profile: Data
Extraction
Presented by Tony Balaam
Data Input Baseline Tailoring
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Operational Profile: Data Extraction

After you have carried out the operational profile assessment you will
need to extract the data and calculate the appropriate values in order
to enter them into the software.
You will need to use various reference guides for some of the values;
some key documents are listed on the next slide.

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General and Lighting Data (Nominal

Parameters)
It is vital that this data is gathered on site accurately. It should be
sense-checked against relevant guidance documents, including but
not limited to the following, to compare design parameters against the
actual building parameters.
General and Lighting (Nominal Parameters)
Input Data

Guidance Document

Occupancy density

CIBSE Guide A Table 6.2 + 6.3

Equipment gains

CIBSE Guide A Table 6.2

CIBSE Guide F Table 12.1 (examples of levels of energy used by office
equipment)

Cool set point

Must be taken from site. Comparative design guidance can be found in CIBSE
Guide A Table 1.5

Heat set point

Must be taken from site. Comparative design guidance can be found in CIBSE
Guide A Table 1.5

Hot water use

Plumbing Engineering Services Design Guide The Institute of Plumbing

CIBSE Guide G Table 2.1

Fresh air rate

BSRIA Airflow measurement methods

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Internal Heat Gains

Internal heat gain is the sensible and latent heat emitted within an
internal space from any source, which is to be removed by air
conditioning or ventilation, and/or results in an increase in the
temperature and humidity within the space. It includes the following
sources:

Bodies (human and animal)

Lighting
Computers and office equipment
Electric motors
Cooking appliances and other domestic equipment

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Occupancy Density
An occupancy density, metabolic rate, and schedule of occupancy are
used to calculate the internal heat gain from people. The percentage
of the metabolic gains which are sensible rather than latent (released
as moisture) is also taken into account.
1. Compare the data that you have gathered in your pre-visit
questionnaire and the number of occupants counted on site PER
ZONE. Work out an average.
2. Work out the area of each zone (m2)
3. Calculate density of occupation (persons/m2)

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Equipment Gains
Personal computers (PCs) and associated office equipment result in
heat gains to the room equal to the total power input. The internal heat
gains for this equipment is normally allocated as an allowance in watts
per square metre (W/m2) of net usable floor area.
Again, using your pre-assessment and onsite data, calculate the total
power input of each equipment type, and calculate the (W/m2) of net
usable floor area PER ZONE.
Typical values are given in Table 6.2 of CIBSE Guide A. The internal
heat gains can be estimated from basic data but care must be taken to
allow for diversity of use, idle operation and the effects of energy saving
features of the equipment. CIBSE Guide F Table 12.1
examples of levels of energy used by office equipment.

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Heating and Cooling Set Points

The heating and cooling set-points define the conditions which the
selected HVAC system will be assumed to maintain for the period
defined by the heating and cooling schedules. For the unoccupied
period, the system will be assumed to maintain the space at the set
back temperature defined in the database.
The heating and cooling set points must be recorded on site.

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Hot Water Demand

Within SBEM, a hot water demand is defined for all occupied spaces.
The hot water demand is associated with the occupied spaces rather
than the spaces where the hot water is accessed: e.g. there is a
demand for hot water associated with an office rather than a toilet or a
tea room.
Therefore, when tailoring the hot water demand, you should use your
pre and on site data to calculate:
Number of occupants per zone x l/per/day
This is based on the type of building (see overleaf Table 6,
Plumbing Engineering Services Design Guide The Institute of
Plumbing or CIBSE Guide G Table 2.1)

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Air Flow Rate

Fresh air is necessary to provide building occupants with a comfortable
environment, and air conditioning systems often vary the fresh air flow
rate between a set minimum and full outside air, to reduce the need for
additional heating and cooling. For long periods in winter, and also
during peak summer, systems typically operate on minimum fresh air,
and this should be optimised to the requirements of the building and
occupants.
However, measuring minimum fresh air accurately is often difficult
because air flow rates are typically low, space may be restricted, and
installations may not have been designed adequately for
commissioning. Air flow rate is unlikely to be measured onsite due to
these constraints and therefore tailoring of this parameter is unlikely.
For the methods of calculation, please refer to BSRIA
Airflow measurement methods
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General and Lighting Data (Lighting

Parameters)
It is vital that this data is gathered on site accurately. It should be
sense-checked against relevant guidance documents, including but
not limited to the following, to compare design parameters against the
actual building parameters.
General and Lighting (Lighting Parameters)
Input Data

Guidance Document

Lux Level

The Society of light and lighting (On site data)

Display lighting

The Society of light and lighting (On site data)

Light time start

On site data

Light time end

On site data

Light time start (hols)

On site data

Light time end (hols)

On site data

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Lux Levels
In a similar vein to fresh air rates, measuring lux levels onsite is very
difficult to do. The disruption to a working environment is such that, on
a purely practical level, measuring of lux levels and therefore tailoring
of this parameter is unlikely.
However, common methods of measurement are described in the
following slides.

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Lux Levels : Measurement

An instrument designed to measure light levels is called a lux meter.
These can be purchased or hired from instrument hire businesses.
Where to take measurements:
At 5 or 6 different locations in the room/zone being measured.
At desk height for classrooms and offices, and at the floor level for
general passageways such as corridors.
When to take measurements:
The amount of light a room receives from its windows will vary at
different times of the day and year. Lux readings should be taken when
day lighting is at a minimum, and in order for the readings to be
accurate, the windows should be blacked out.

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Data Input Baseline - Tailoring

How to take measurements:
Place the sensor where you wish to take measurement, allow the
readout to stabilise and then take note of the reading. Lux readings can
vary by as much as 30-40 Lux within a distance of only a few
centimetres, so it is good practice to take a couple of measurements in
the same general position and note the lowest figure. Movement of
people near the sensor will affect the reading so try to minimise activity
near the sensor at time of reading. Standing between light sources and
the sensor will lower Lux readings.
There is another method of measurement, which causes less disruption
and can be used to check the values against the NCM.

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Lux Levels: Advanced Tailoring

Advanced Tailoring (NDEA L4 Only)
Input Data

Equation used

Occupancy gains (wh/

m2)

(np*mgainspp)
m
Total (watts per m) * nHrs per month

Equipment gains (wh/

m2)

npi*npp
m
Total (watts per m) * nHrs per month

Hot water use (litres/

m2)

Symbol

l/m2/day*ndpm

Meaning

np

Number of people

mgainspp

Metabolic gains per

person

nHrs

Number of hours

npi

Number of power items

npp

Nameplate power

ndpm

Number of days per

month

NB:. The sensible heat and Latent heat needs

to be accounted for to be in keeping with
the NCM.

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CIBSE Guidance

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CIBSE Guide A Table 6.3

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CIBSE Guide A Table 6.2

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CIBSE Guide A Table 6.2

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CIBSE Guide F Table 12.1

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CIBSE Guide A Table 1.5

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CIBSE Guide A Table 1.5

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CIBSE Guide A Table 1.5

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