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SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS

Asset Classes

Focus Area

Energy and Carbon

Topic

Demand Management

Question #

E9.1 — Peak Demand

Question

Is the building’s peak electrical demand known?

Applicability

Applicable to Office, Healthcare, Enclosed Shopping Centre, Universal and Multi-Unit Residential buildings

Answer

Yes or No

Description

As more buildings “fuel switch” to electricity and as extreme temperatures become more frequent, additional burdens are placed on the electrical grid, particularly in peak seasons. This results in higher utility costs, less resilient infrastructure and the potential for a dirtier grid if gas-fired power plants are required to satisfy demand during times of peak usage.

Understanding peak demand patterns and schedules in buildings will allow building operators to identify opportunities to minimize the load and cost for electricity in heating and cooling seasons and other thermal heating fuel types.

Requirements

    1. Indicate the seasonal peak electrical demand values for the past year, highlighted on utility bills, monthly utility data summary or sub-metered data
    2. If electrical demand is not separately measured by the utility or the BAS, provide a monthly load profile based on electrical consumption for the past year with associated data

Documentation

    • Utility data analysis identifying the seasonal peak electrical demand values over the past year

Adapted BB3 Question

New in BOMA BEST 4.0

Suggested Lead

In-house

References

None

Crosswalk

TBD

Other Notes

None

Scoring

1 Point

Verification