BODs remark is not a bad idea because of other questions.
These may be:
Is it a specifically low energy "Green" building, because certain permissions and Grants may depend on this number?
Are you expected to allow for any extra load at all in the design, it only takes a new vending machine and a water chiller to cause trouble?
How are personal appliances to be banned? Underdesk heaters, chargers for personal appliances etc are all very likely to "appear" which will upset your magic number. Diversity depends on having less load somewhere else!
Are there air conditioning and heating loads, you need full details, these may make other loads look small.
If the mains supply is limited to this number, it is likely to cause problems later, you need to be very sure that this specification is NOT your problem, whatever happens later.
If the electrical supply is expected to be the building heating, if it is very well insulated, what happens if there are unseasonably low temperatures? Where does extra heat come from, because it may be expected to be electrical? They may have included this in the "diversity" figure because it is only occasional, but needs to be considered.
BODs remark is not a bad idea because of other questions.
These may be:
Is it a specifically low energy "Green" building, because certain permissions and Grants may depend on this number?
Are you expected to allow for any extra load at all in the design, it only takes a new vending machine and a water chiller to cause trouble?
How are personal appliances to be banned? Underdesk heaters, chargers for personal appliances etc are all very likely to "appear" which will upset your magic number. Diversity depends on having less load somewhere else!
Are there air conditioning and heating loads, you need full details, these may make other loads look small.
If the mains supply is limited to this number, it is likely to cause problems later, you need to be very sure that this specification is NOT your problem, whatever happens later.
If the electrical supply is expected to be the building heating, if it is very well insulated, what happens if there are unseasonably low temperatures? Where does extra heat come from, because it may be expected to be electrical? They may have included this in the "diversity" figure because it is only occasional, but needs to be considered.
