Ocean Beach People's Organic Foods Market
Sustainability - Heating and Cooling

Owner-initiated green design results in 39% less energy use than than Title-24 standards, based on consultant calculations using EnergyPro energy analysis software.

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Unique systems include a heat recovery system for the dry air delivery to the front of the casework. Heat recovery was also implemented for building warm-up using a refrigeration condenser.

The operable window area for purposes of natural venitilation was based on building code requirements of windows size for floor area.

Given the systems and requirements, a particular challenege was keeping a naturally ventillated store's refrigerated case work dry. This was addressed by having an action light coming on when the interior humitidy rises above a certain level which notifies the occupants to close windows and turn on the air tempering system for the case work.

A design concern was a lack of funding to achieve confidence in the design of the natural ventillation and the heat recovery systems to ensure protection of produce.

A basic DDC system is used for monitoring for tempered air, lighting, and office units.