| Recommendations
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- Category -
Describes the category under which the recommendation is classified, such as
heating, cooling, etc.
- Code -
Describes a unique code for each NCM recommendation. The code of any
recommendation created by the energy assessor will be USER.
- Recommendation
- Describes the text of the NCM recommendation. This text will appear in the
Recommendations report.
- Applicable to -
Describes the object to which the recommendation applies, for e.g., the whole
building or a particular HVAC or DHW system.
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| Show All
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Displays all the
Category Recommendations after clicking
Show All.
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| Add
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Adds a new user-defined recommendation to the
recommendations list.
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| Delete
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Deletes the user-defined recommendation from the
recommendations list.
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| Recommendations
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The Recommendations section contains the Category,
Code, Recommendation, Type and Applicable to columns. It also displays all the
added categories.
- Recommendation
- Enter text to describe the newly-added recommendation. This text will appear
in the Recommendations report.
- Assessors
comments - Enter any comments related to the recommendation, for
e.g., the reason why you have chosen to edit this NCM recommendation. These
comments will appear in SBEM's supporting documents to the EPC Recommendations
report.
- Omit
recommendation - When enabled omits the recommendation.
- Change
recommendation - When enabled changes the recommendation.
- Category -
Select from the options available in the drop-down menu in order to specify the
category under which the recommendation will be classified.
- Energy
Impact - Select from the options available in the drop-down menu in
order to specify the potential impact of implementing the recommendation on the
energy performance of the actual building.
- CO2
impact - Select from the options available in the drop-down menu in
order to specify the potential impact of implementing the recommendation on the
CO2 emissions of the actual building.
- CO2
save/£ spent - Select from the options available in the drop-down
menu (GOOD, FAIR, POOR, and UNKNOWN) in order to specify the potential CO2
emissions saved from the actual building per pound spent on implementing the
recommendation in the actual building.
- Payback -
Select from the options available in the drop-down menu (LONG, MEDIUM, SHORT,
and UNKNOWN) in order to specify the typical payback time for implementing the
recommendation in the actual building.
- Payback
years - Enter input, in years, the typical payback time for
implementing the recommendation in the actual building. If you do not know the
exact figure for payback time in years, use the previous parameter instead.
- Applicable to -
Specify the object to which the recommendation applies, for e.g., the whole
building or a particular HVAC or DHW system. If the option selected is either
'HVAC-SYSTEM' or 'DHW-GENERATOR', then the Name parameter becomes active.
- Name - Specify
the name of the particular HVAC system or DHW generator to which the
user-defined recommendation refers.
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