USING CARRIER HAP

FOR
LEED
ENERGY AND ATMOSPHERE CREDIT 1
ANALYSIS

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rev January 2, 2018

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Introduction
This document provides a high-level tutorial of recommended procedures for performing analysis for
LEED NC-2.2 Energy and Atmosphere (EA) Credit 1,
LEED 2009 Energy and Atmosphere (EA) Credit 1, or
LEED v4 Minimum Energy Performance and Optimize Energy Performance Credits
using the Carrier Hourly Analysis Program (HAP).
HAP contains features which help streamline work needed to perform the analysis. These features are
flexible. As a result there are many ways to approach the analysis. The procedure described below is one
common way to approach the problem. As you become more familiar with HAP, you'll likely develop your
own approach that best suits your own work style and the needs of individual project applications.
The following is meant only as a high-level tutorial on the new procedure. Further, more detailed
information on the features described below can be found in the program on-line help system, the
program manual and via the HAP for LEED training classes offered by Carrier. If you have questions
and are located in the US or Canada, please contact us at software.systems@carrier.utc.com or 800-253-
1794. In other countries, please contact your local Carrier sales office.

LEED EA Credit Analysis with HAP

The LEED EA credit analysis in HAP involves a procedure with 5 major steps described below.
Key Concept: Data for all five buildings in the analysis (Proposed and four Baselines) should be stored
in one HAP project. This is the most efficient approach and is also necessary for generating the HAP
LEED Summary report that tabulates energy and cost results from the five buildings.
Step 1. Create the Project
First create a HAP project to hold your analysis:
a. Choose the New option on the Project Menu.
b. When a new project is created, the Project Preferences window appears automatically. Select the
LEED Rating System (LEED NC-2.2, LEED 2009, or LEED v4), the Energy Standard (90.1-2004,
90.1-2007, or 90.1-2010), the Ventilation Standard (62.1-2004, 62.1-2007, or 62.1-2010), and the
currency units to be used in this project.
Step 2. Define Proposed Building.
Next define the Proposed building design:
a. Select weather for the project by:
 Using features of the HAP detailed design user interface.
 Generating weather data using the Weather Wizard or Full Wizard Session features.
b. Create spaces. This can be done in a number of ways depending on the nature of the project and
whether you are in preliminary or detailed design:
 Create spaces via takeoffs from architectural drawings.
 Generate spaces using the Building Wizard or Full Wizard Session features.
 Import space definitions in gbXML format from a CAD or Building Information Modeling (BIM)
tool.
c. Create HVAC systems and plants by:
 Creating air systems and plants using features of the HAP detailed design user interface.
 Generating HVAC equipment via the Equipment Wizard or Full Wizard Session features.

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 d. Create utility rates for electricity and fuel by:
 Creating utility rates using features of the HAP detailed design user interface.
 Generating utility rates using the Utility Rate Wizard or Full Wizard Session features.
e. Finally, create the HAP "Building" which collects together all the systems, plants and utility rates
for the Proposed design. If you used the Full Wizard Session feature, this was done automatically
for you. In either case, make sure to specify non-HVAC energy uses here if they exist for the
project.

Step 3. Create "Baseline - 0 Degree" Building.

Create a duplicate of the Proposed building and all of its spaces and HVAC equipment. This duplicate
serves as the starting point for modifying data to create the minimally compliant baseline building.
a. In the HAP main program window click the Building node in the tree panel on the left.
b. In the list panel on the right, right-click on the Proposed building and choose the "Duplicate
Building (with Spaces and HVAC Eqpt)" option on the pop-up menu.
c. In the window that appears specify that you are creating a baseline building. Then click OK.
HAP will produce a copy of the building and all the plants, air systems, spaces, chillers, cooling
towers and boilers that are part of the building. Item names for all copies will have the prefix "[B000]"
so you can easily identify the data.
Next, modify the [B000] copies of data according to ASHRAE Standard 90.1 Appendix G rules,
referring to the appropriate version of Standard 90.1 for the LEED edition in use. The most efficient
way to perform this work varies with the application. Some useful tips follow:
 Typically it is useful to start by defining the prescriptive wall, roof, window, and door assemblies
needed for the Baseline building.
 Then use the Replace option on the Edit menu to perform global search and replace on the
[B000] spaces. The Replace option can be used to rapidly change spaces characteristics for a
large group of spaces all at one time.
 If the mandated baseline HVAC system is of the same type as used in the Proposed building, edit
the air system, plant, chiller, tower and boiler data for the baseline to comply with ASHRAE 90.1
Appendix G rules.
 If the mandated baseline HVAC system is a different type than used in the Proposed building,
then it will typically be most efficient to delete the "[B000]" copies of systems, plants, chillers,
towers and boilers and redefine the HVAC systems and equipment from scratch using the
ASHRAE 90.10 Appendix G rules.
While defining HVAC systems and plants, you can make use of a number of useful HAP features for:
 Autosizing cooling and heating equipment capacities as peak load plus a specified percentage
(example: peak load + 15% for cooling equipment).
 Automatically calculating the baseline system fan power allowance per Appendix G section
G.3.1.2.9 (using 90.1-2007) or G3.1.2.10 (using 90.1-2010).
 Modeling VAV fan part-load performance per the part load fan curve in ASHRAE 90.1
Appendix G table G.3.1.3.15.
 Specifying that the program automatically determine minimum equipment efficiency requirements
per ASHRAE 90.1. This applies to DX cooling, heat pump heating and furnace heating
equipment.
 Specifying terminal fan power as W/CFM or W/L/s.
 Specifying water flow rates in terms of gpm/Ton, L/s/kW, or delta-T rather than as gpm.
 Specifying water pump power in terms of W/gpm or W/L/s instead of pump head.

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Step 4. Produce Remaining Three Baseline Buildings
Once the "Baseline - 0 Degree" building has been created, you can quickly generate the 90 deg, 180
deg and 270 deg Baseline buildings using the following steps:
a. In the HAP main program window click on the Building node in the tree panel on the left.
b. In the list panel on the right, right-click on the "Baseline 0 Degree" building and choose the
"Perform LEED (90.1 PRM) Rotations" option on the pop-up menu.
c. A window will appear explaining the function of this option. Simply click OK to perform the
rotations.
This option will create three copies of the "Baseline 0 Degree" building along with its plants, air
systems, spaces, chillers, towers, and boilers, as necessary. In the first copy all spaces will be rotated
90° from original orientation. In the second copy spaces are rotated 180° from original orientation. In
the final copy spaces are rotated 270°. The item names for the copied items use the prefixes [B090],
[B180], and [B270] for the 90, 180 and 270 degree rotations respectively, so the data can be easily
identified.
At this point you have five complete building definitions in your HAP project - the Proposed, Baseline
0 deg, Baseline 90 deg, Baseline 180 deg and Baseline 270 deg buildings.

Step 5. Produce the LEED EA Credit 1 Summary Report.

Finally, you're ready to produce the LEED Summary report which tabulates energy consumption,
demand and energy costs results for the five buildings. The report formats data in a way that matches
either the key tables in the LEED NC-2.2 EA Credit 1 online submittal template or the key tables in
the LEED 2009 and LEED v4 Minimum Energy Performance Calculator spreadsheet depending on
which LEED Rating System you selected for the project. This facilitates easy transfer of data. The
report also provides supplemental information such as a reference table of credit points. To generate
this report:
a. In the HAP main program window click on the Building node in the tree panel on the left.
b. In the list panel on the right, select the Proposed building and the four Baseline buildings. Then
right-click on the group of selected buildings and choose the "Print/View Simulation Results"
option in the pop-up menu.
c. In the Building Simulation Reports selection window click on the "LEED Report" tab.
d. On this tab check the box for "Generate LEED…” report option
e. On this tab also verify the assignments of building designations for Proposed and the four
Baseline cases. HAP will default these selections if the buildings use standard prefixes such as
[B000], [B090], [B180], and [B270]. If the buildings are named differently, you will need to make
the assignments yourself by choosing items from the drop-down lists.
f. Finally click the "Preview" button. The program will automatically run energy analysis calculations
for the five buildings and their systems and plants, and then display results on the summary
report.

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