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Small Commercial Building Re-tuning: A Primer

Description: To help building owners and managers address issues related to energy-efficient operation of small buildings, DOE has developed a Small Building Re-tuning training curriculum. This "primer" provides additional background information to understand some of the concepts presented in the Small Building Re-tuning training. The intent is that those who are less familiar with the building energy concepts will review this material before taking the building re-tuning training class.
Date: September 30, 2013
Creator: Cort, Katherine A.; Hostick, Donna J.; Underhill, Ronald M.; Fernandez, Nicholas & Katipamula, Srinivas
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Final Project Report: Self-Correcting Controls for VAV System Faults Filter/Fan/Coil and VAV Box Sections

Description: This report addresses original research by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for the California Institute for Energy and Environment on self-correcting controls for variable-air-volume (VAV) heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems and focuses specifically on air handling and VAV box components of the air side of the system. A complete set of faults for these components was compiled and a fault mode analysis performed to understand the detectable symptoms of the faults and the … more
Date: May 1, 2011
Creator: Brambley, Michael R.; Fernandez, Nicholas; Wang, Weimin; Cort, Katherine A.; Cho, Heejin; Ngo, Hung et al.
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Energy Savings Modeling of Standard Commercial Building Re-tuning Measures: Large Office Buildings

Description: Today, many large commercial buildings use sophisticated building automation systems (BASs) to manage a wide range of building equipment. While the capabilities of BASs have increased over time, many buildings still do not fully use the BAS's capabilities and are not properly commissioned, operated or maintained, which leads to inefficient operation, increased energy use, and reduced lifetimes of the equipment. This report investigates the energy savings potential of several common HVAC system … more
Date: June 1, 2012
Creator: Fernandez, Nicholas; Katipamula, Srinivas; Wang, Weimin; Huang, Yunzhi & Liu, Guopeng
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Impact of E4 Training and Field Auditing of GSA Heartland Region Facilities

Description: To assess the impact of energy efficiency expert evaluation (E4) training and field audits performed since 2007, the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) undertook a follow-up study on the implementation of E4 recommendations and an analysis of energy savings. The building property manager and O and M contractor of each facility were interviewed to obtain feedback and implementation status of the E4 recommendations. Overall, there were more than 160 recommendations documented in the E4 repo… more
Date: April 1, 2012
Creator: Fernandez, Nicholas; Gowri, Krishnan; Underhill, Ronald M. & Goddard, James K.
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Self-Correcting HVAC Controls Project Final Report

Description: This document represents the final project report for the Self-Correcting Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) Controls Project jointly funded by Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building Technologies Program (BTP). The project, initiated in October 2008, focused on exploratory initial development of self-correcting controls for selected HVAC components in air handlers. This report, along with the companion report documenting the algorith… more
Date: January 4, 2010
Creator: Fernandez, Nicholas; Brambley, Michael R.; Katipamula, Srinivas; Cho, Heejin; Goddard, James K. & Dinh, Liem H.
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The Prospects of Alternatives to Vapor Compression Technology for Space Cooling and Food Refrigeration Applications

Description: Five alternatives to vapor compression technology were qualitatively evaluated to determine their prospects for being better than vapor compression for space cooling and food refrigeration applications. The results of the assessment are summarized in the report. Overall, thermoacoustic and magnetic technologies were judged to have the best prospects for competing with vapor compression technology, with thermotunneling, thermoelectric, and thermionic technologies trailing behind in that order.
Date: March 31, 2010
Creator: Brown, Daryl R.; Dirks, James A.; Fernandez, Nicholas & Stout, Tyson E.
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Economic Investigation of Community-Scale Versus Building Scale Net-Zero Energy

Description: The study presented in this report examines issues concerning whether achieving net-zero energy performance at the community scale provides economic and potentially overall efficiency advantages over strategies focused on individual buildings.
Date: December 31, 2009
Creator: Fernandez, Nicholas; Katipamula, Srinivas; Brambley, Michael R. & Reddy, T. A.
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Targeted Energy Efficiency Expert Evaluation Report: Neal Smith Federal Building, Des Moines, IA

Description: This report summarizes the energy efficiency measures identified and implemented, and an analysis of the energy savings realized using low-cost/no-cost control system measures identified.
Date: March 1, 2013
Creator: Fernandez, Nicholas; Goddard, James K.; Underhill, Ronald M. & Gowri, Krishnan
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The Role of Occupant Behavior in Achieving Net Zero Energy: A Demonstration Project at Fort Carson

Description: This study, sponsored by the U.S. General Services Administration’s Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, aimed to understand the potential for institutional and behavioral change to enhance the performance of buildings, through a demonstration project with the Department of Defense in five green buildings on the Fort Carson, Colorado, Army base. To approach this study, the research team identified specific occupant behaviors that had the potential to save energy in each building,… more
Date: September 30, 2013
Creator: Judd, Kathleen S.; Sanquist, Thomas F.; Zalesny, Mary D. & Fernandez, Nicholas
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