Update on Green Mark v4.

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for new commercial buildings

Steven Kang
Certified Energy Manager,
Certified Green Mark Professional
LEED Accredited Professional
 Green Mark Rating System
For New Buildings
NRNB V4.0

Effective 1-Dec-2010

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Building control legislation on environmental
sustainability
• Mandatory to attain GM certification for
– All new building with GFA equal or greater than 2000
m2 and
– Existing buildings with GFA equal or greater than 2000
m2 undergoing major retrofitting works
• Effective date: 15Apr08

Major retrofitting works defined as works involving major

overhauling of air conditioning system and significant
modifications to building façade along with other building
services.

Legislation

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Overall framework
Non residential Bldg. Part 1: Energy Related section

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Overall framework
Non residential Bldg. Part 2-5: Other green requirements

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Green Mark Rating
Non residential Bldg

Out of a possible 190 pts

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Prerequisites
For air-conditioned bldg
1. ETTV

2. Building Energy Efficiency Index (EEI)

3. Air conditioning system Efficiency

4. Water cooled chiller plant energy efficiency monitoring

Permanent monitoring system to accuracy of +/- 5%
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GMv4.0 Versus GMv3.0
Summary of key differences

• Pre-requisites for min chiller plant & unitary system

efficiency.
• Pre-requisite for accurate M&V for water cooled chiller plant
performance.
• Heat balance for water cooled chiller plant (1 point)
• Reference building ACMV performance will be referenced to
(SS553 + SS530) instead (CP13 + SS530) making the
Reference Building ACMV system more efficient.
• Maximum cap of 50pts for Energy & other green
requirements is removed.

Full details of GMv4.0 are available at

http://www.bca.gov.sg/EnvSusLegislation/others/GM_Certification_
Std2010.pdf

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NRB 1-1 ETTV
• Baseline: ETTV= 50 W/m2
• Pre-requisite requirements
– Gold plus: ETTV <= 42 W/m2
– Platinum: ETTV <= 40 W/m2
• Points rating

For max point, ETTV= 40 W/m2

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 NRB 1-2 Air conditioning system efficiency
1-2) Cooling plant system efficiency
(Max 20pts)

1-2a) Water-cooled 1-2b) Air-cooled chiller plant

chiller plant /Unitary air conditioner

<500RT >= 500RT <500RT >= 500RT

Certified 0.80 Certified 0.70 Certified 0.90 Certified 0.80
Gold 0.80 Gold 0.70 Gold 0.90 Gold
plus plus plus plus Not
Gold 0.70 Gold 0.65 Gold 0.85 Gold
applicable
Platinum 0.70 Platinum 0.65 Platinum 0.78 Platinum

12pts for baseline of 15pts for baseline of 10pts for baseline of 12pts for baseline of
0.80KW/RT 0.70KW/RT 0.90KW/RT 0.80KW/RT
0.45pts for every % 0.25pts for every % 0.6pts for every % 1.3pts for every %
improvement over improvement over improvement over improvement over
baseline baseline baseline baseline
Max: 20 pts Max: 20 pts Max: 20 pts Max: 20 pts
(= 0.66KW/RT) (= 0.56KW/RT) (= 0.75KW/RT) (= 0.75KW/RT)

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NRB 1-2 Air conditioning system efficiency
1-2C Airside energy efficiency
(Max 6pts)

Constant volume Variable volume

Baseline Baseline
3 3
1.7 KW / m /s 2.4 KW / m /s
0.47 W/CMH 0.67 W/CMH

0.2 pts for every % 0.2 pts for every %

improvement over the improvement over the
baseline baseline

Max 6 pts Max 6 pts

=0.33 W/CMH =0.47 W/CMH

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NRB 1-2 Air conditioning system efficiency
NRB 1-2d Permanent water cooled chiller plant M&V
• Pre-requisite for all water cooled chiller plant.
• Overall KW/RT measurement accuracy of +/-5% per Ashare 22 &
AHRI550.
• Temperature sensor accuracy of +/- 0.05C
• Install 2 spare thermo-wells on each side of the temperature
sensor for verification of the KW/RT measurement accuracy.
• Flow meter shall be installed on the CHW and CW loop and shall
be ultrasonic or full bore electromagnetic type. An additional 1%
to be included in the computation of measurement error for flow
meter.
• Location and installation of measuring devices to meet
manufacturer's recommendation.
• Data acquisition system to have a resolution of 16bit.
• All data logging with capability to trend at 1 minute sampling
interval.

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NRB 1-2 Air conditioning system efficiency

NRB 1-2e Heat balance for w/c chiller plant

1 point for completing the verification of chilled water plant instrument using
the heat balance – substantiating test in accordance to AHRI550/590. The
heat balance shall be conducted over the entire normal operating hours with
more than 80% of the computed heat balance within +/- 5% over a one (1)
week period.

NRB 1-2f VSDs for chiller plant

1 point for use of variable speed controls for chilled water plant equipment
such as chilled water pumps and cooling tower fans to ensure better part load
plant efficiency.

NRB 1-2g CO2 controlled ventilation

1 point for use of controls to regulate outdoor airflow rate to maintain indoor
CO2 concentration of <= 700ppm above outdoor.

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Other Air-conditioning related items
NRB 1-10C Use of energy efficient features.
Examples:
Heat recovery system 3 points for every 1% energy savings over the
Heat pumps total building energy consumption.
Sun pipes Max: 7.5pts
Lift with gearless drive
Re-generative lift
Light shelves etc

NRB 3-6 Refrigerants

a) 1 point for using refrigerants with Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP) =0 OR Global
Warming Potential (GWP) <100.

HCFC HCFC HFC HFC HFC

22 123 134A 407C 410A Info source

Ozone depletion UNEP, Montreal

potential 0.05 0.02 <0.000015 <0.0004 <0.00003 Protocol

Global warming IPCC, Kyoto

potential 1780 76 1320 1700 2000 Protocol

b) 1 point for use of refrigerant leak detection system at critical areas of plant rooms
containing chillers and other equipment with refrigerants.
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Pre-requisite for Gold Plus and Platinum

Proposed building GM reference building

Building energy consumption Building energy consumption
with all the ‘GREEN’ features with all the minimum
applied. requirement of SS530 and
SS553
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 Reference building ACMV performance
Minimum Chiller Plant Performance (CP13+SS530) Minimum Chiller Plant Performance (SS553+SS530)
GMv3 (CP13 + SS530) (SS553 + SS530)
Reference building Reference building
Type Condition Min eff Units Remarks Type Condition Min eff Units Remarks

Chillers Full load @ ARI 6.1 COP Chillers Full load @ 6.1 COP
std condn ARI std condn
0.58 Kwi / RT 0.58 Kwi / RT

Part load - No requirement for part load Part load - No requirement for part load performance
performance
- -

CHWP Full load 30 KWc / Kwi CHWP Full load 349 KW/cms
56% more
0.12 Kwi / RT 0.053 Kwi / RT
efficient
Part load - No requirement for part load Part load - Motors exceeding 15KW must modulate to
performance 50% of design flow @ no more than 30%
of design KWi
CWP Full load 40 KWct / Kwi CWP Full load 301 KW/cms
37% more
0.09 Kwi / RT 0.057 Kwi / RT efficient
Part load - No requirement for part load Part load - Motors exceeding 15KW must modulate to
performance 50% of design flow @ no more than 30%
of design KWi
CT Full load 3.23 L/S / Kwi CT Full load 3.23 L/S / Kwi

0.06 Kwi / RT 0.06 Kwi / RT

Part load - No requirement for part load Part load - No requirement for part load performance
performance

Chilled water plant minimum

system efficiency
0.85 Kwi / RT Chilled water plant minimum
system efficiency
0.75 Kwi / RT 11.8% more
4.16 COP 4.71 COP
efficient
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 Reference building ACMV performance

GreenMark v3 GreenMark v3
Reference building (CP13) Reference building (SS553)
Type Condition Min Eff Units Remarks Type Condition Min Eff Units Remarks
Constant volume Full load 0.47 W / CMH Constant Full load 0.47 W / CMH Allowable nameplate motor KW
system volume system
Variable volume Full load 0.74 W/ CMH Variable Full load 0.67 W/ CMH Allowable nameplate motor KW
system volume system
Part load - No requirement for part Part load - Motor >= 11kw must able to
load performance modulate to 50% design flow at less
than 30% of design KW

For VAV
system, 9.5%
more eff than
CP13

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Simple Guide to Green Mark success
• Ask for 0.60 kW/RT or better for chiller plant.
• Ask for performance guarantee backed by clear
financial penalties in event of performance
shortfall.
• Ask for accurate Measurement & Verification
system of at least +-5% accuracy in accordance
to international standards of ARI-550 & ASHRAE
guides 14P & 22.
• Ask for online internet access to monitor the
plant performance.
• Ask for track record.

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Thank you for your attention.

Questions?