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TCAAP Energy Integration Resiliency Framework <br />Brief <br /> <br /> <br /> 11 <br />the type of service needed and the quantity of sub-meters served, but costs per sub-meter range from <br />$150 to $400. <br />Strategic Building Siting and Co-Location <br />The County and JDA could facilitate building co-location through the platting and RFP process. Building <br />energy use types can be identified as potential candidates, and referred to energy design experts to <br />define the specific energy benefits that could be achieved through co-location. Buildings with <br />processes that produce hot water or heat could sell their excess to adjacent buildings that have use for <br />it at different times of day. District energy infrastructure could enhance this load diversity and energy <br />sharing. Businesses would be interested in this opportunity because it would improve the efficiency of <br />their consumption, reduce upfront capital equipment and maintenance costs, and increase comfort.2 <br />Low-Load Residential Development <br />Residential developments at TCAAP could feature homes that do <br />not require natural gas, by utilizing electric appliances and serving <br />minimal heating and cooling demands through ground-source heat <br />pump technology. A low-load home would not require the larger <br />heating and cooling capacity of traditional systems, but instead <br />could meet residents’ comfort needs with smaller capacity systems. <br />The key technologies and strategies include high levels of building <br />insulation and passive solar design, a tight building shell, and high <br />efficiency lighting and appliances. These homes do not require significant insulation like a passive <br />house, but are 40% to 50% more efficient than what is required by the new energy code (IECC 2012). <br />Incorporation of high-performance technologies that have little to no impact on the up-front costs, <br />such as efficient appliances and low-flow plumbing, will help minimize hot water use and help <br />maximize home efficiency. <br />Building Orientation and Passive Solar <br />The process for solar-oriented development should be described in residential and commercial building <br />RFPs and should be integrated as evaluation criteria for development proposals. It should be evaluated <br />based on lowest total energy load of the homes or buildings to be sited under one proposal and should <br />consider street orientation, building orientation, and passive solar building envelope design elements. <br /> <br />2 The Primary Energy Factor (PEF) difference between district heating systems and Gas-fired heating (0.8/1.3=0.61) <br />http://www.euroheat.org/Files/Filer/documents/Publications/District%20Heating%20in%20buildings_final.pdf <br />Homes built at TCAAP <br />could be 40% to 50% <br />more efficient than what <br />is required by the new <br />energy code.