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    The document provides information for students competing in a design competition, including utility rates and renewable energy purchase rates in Hungary. Commercial electricity rates vary by time of day, from 15.75 to 23.50 US cents/kWh. Natural gas costs $0.0232/kWh and water/sewer costs a flat $3.56/cubic meter. Utility rates are expected to increase annually by 2-3.5%. The building is considered long-life at 50 years, so life cycle cost analyses must consider costs over 50 years using 3% inflation and 4% owner rate of return.

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    The document provides information for students competing in a design competition, including utility rates and renewable energy purchase rates in Hungary. Commercial electricity rates vary by time of day, from 15.75 to 23.50 US cents/kWh. Natural gas costs $0.0232/kWh and water/sewer costs a flat $3.56/cubic meter. Utility rates are expected to increase annually by 2-3.5%. The building is considered long-life at 50 years, so life cycle cost analyses must consider costs over 50 years using 3% inflation and 4% owner rate of return.

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    The document provides information for students competing in a design competition, including utility rates and renewable energy purchase rates in Hungary. Commercial electricity rates vary by time of day, from 15.75 to 23.50 US cents/kWh. Natural gas costs $0.0232/kWh and water/sewer costs a flat $3.56/cubic meter. Utility rates are expected to increase annually by 2-3.5%. The building is considered long-life at 50 years, so life cycle cost analyses must consider costs over 50 years using 3% inflation and 4% owner rate of return.

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    2019 Student Design Competition:

    Utility and Service Life Overview


    General
    The purpose of this document is to setup the utility rate structures and elements of the energy economy
    used in the system selection competition for life cycle costing. It should be noted that the stated
    situation and numbers may not reflect the reality of the actual energy situation or rates in this region.
    Regardless, teams should use the values below for the 2019 Design Competition.

    Utilities
    The Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (HEA) has decreased the residential
    consumer’s rate on natural gas, electricity and district heating services by 18% over the past four years
    to give relief to the household income. These price cuts were applied to households and small users
    only. These cuts have caused higher prices for commercial and industrial users excluded from the cuts.
    This is likely to have repercussions on the investment climate in the energy sector in the future.

    Commercial rates are as follows for low voltage, 50 hertz power:


     Day Rate Period 06:00 to 17:00 - 19.25 US$ cent/kWh
     Peak Rate Period 17:00 to 22:00 - 23.50 US$ cent/kWh
     Night Rate Period 22:00 to 06:00 - 15.75 US$ cent/kWh

    There are no seasonal rate periods nor demand charges.

    Purchase guarantee renewables:


    The share of renewable energy in Hungary’s energy system has increased significantly in the last decade,
    but the growth has levelled off in recent years. Increased use of biomass for heat and power production
    has been the main driver of growth in renewables. However solar water heating and wind power is
    gaining in installations. The EU Renewable Energy Directive (2009/28/EC23) mandated Hungary to have
    13% renewable energy in gross final consumption1 of energy by 2020. The country has set a higher
    national target on 14.65%. In 2016, Hungary replaced its feed-in tariff system with a new renewable
    energy support scheme to help meet its 2020 targets. Where renewables are on-site a minimum buy
    back rate has been set at for commercial rates at:

     Wind power plant, US$ cent/kWh - 12.3


     Biomass energy plant (including landfill gas), US$ cent/kWh 16.5
     Solar power plant, US$ cent/kWh 15.5

    Natural gas is available at US$0.686/ therm or US$0.0232/ kWh or US$6.86/ MBTU’s at 5 PSI from the
    main at the street. The water and sewer rate is a flat consumption rate of US$3.56/cubic meter.
    Utility rate structures shall be expected to rise at the following rates of escalation:

     Electrical cost will rise at the annual rate of 3.5%


     Natural Gas cost will rise at the annual rate of 2%
     Water and Sewer will rise at the annual rate of 2.5%

    Building Service Life


    The Building is considered a “Long Life” service building and therefore is defined by ASHRAE Standard
    189.1 (latest addition) to have an expected minimum service life of 50 years. All building decisions
    related to the building composition, building structural elements, building systems, and building
    operation shall include a 50-year life cycle study as the building owner expects a sustainable approach to
    all building design, construction and operational elements. Student teams shall include this basis with all
    building analysis. To complete the life cycle study, the building owner expects the following elements to
    be included with any analysis.

     General Inflation rate for future cost items (replacement items, maintenance and anticipated
    future costs) will be 3%
     Owner’s Rate of Return for monetary decisions (this is to be used for bringing future costs back
    to present net worth dollars) will be 4%.

    The Life Cycle Analysis shall illustrate a 50-year study and bring all costs back to a total present value
    sum for each alternative so the building owner understands in present dollars which alternatives
    represent the best life cycle value.

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