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Facility Smart Grid Interface and a Demand Response Conceptual Model

August 28, 2014
Author(s)
David G. Holmberg, Steven T. Bushby, David B. Hardin
Residential, commercial, and industrial facilities have potential to support electric grid reliability with demand response (DR) via use of facility energy management approaches. The ability of different DR approaches to successfully engage the maximum

A Tool for Evaluating Fault Detection and Diagnostic Methods for Fan Coil Units

June 29, 2014
Author(s)
Shokouh Pourarian, Jin Wen, Daniel Veronica, Xiaohui Zhou, Ran Liu
Dynamic simulation software "tools" are needed for the research and development of improved methods for automatic control and automated fault detection and diagnosis of heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. These tools must generate data

Thermodynamic Performance Limits of the Vapor Compression Cycle

January 19, 2014
Author(s)
Piotr A. Domanski, J S. Brown, Jae H. Heo, Mark O. McLinden
This presentation discusses the thermodynamic performance limits of the vapor compression cycle. We have applied evolutionary algorithms to explore the performance of hypothetical refrigerants defined by the thermodynamic parameters used by the extended

Simulating Occupancy in The NIST Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility

November 21, 2013
Author(s)
Farhad Omar, Steven T. Bushby
The Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility (NZERTF), at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is a research house that is comparable in size and aesthetic to the houses in the greater Washington DC metro

Benefits and Costs of Commissioning: A Case Study Analysis

October 29, 2013
Author(s)
Stanley W. Gilbert
Commissioning is a “quality assurance process for the design, construction and operation of buildings.” Specifically, Building Commissioning is a process of auditing buildings to help them operate with greater efficiency in accomplishing their intended

Programmers Guide to the Air-Handling Unit Performance Assessment Rule DLL

September 26, 2013
Author(s)
Michael A. Galler
The AHU Performance Assessment Rules (APAR) were developed in 2001 and have been implemented as part of a limited number of Fault Detection and Diagnostics (FDD) tools. While a list of the rules has been widely available, an implementation of them that is

Nanofluids, Heat-Transfer Equipment and Plain-Vanilla

June 3, 2013
Author(s)
Mark A. Kedzierski
Nanoparticle materials can be very inexpensive and the technology for producing nanofluids is mature. The production of inks, paints, coatings, and suntan lotions is old enough to be a very competitive industry. So, nanofluids probably set the benchmark

Automatically Detecting Faulty Regulation in HVAC Controls

May 1, 2013
Author(s)
Daniel A. Veronica
A new method is introduced to automatically detect faulty regulation of temperatures, pressures, and flow rates within the heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems and equipment of buildings by using digital data typically available from

Towards Demand Response Measurement and Verification Standards

May 1, 2013
Author(s)
David G. Holmberg, David Hardin, Ed Koch
The value and impact of demand response (DR) at grid-scale depends upon the widespread and active participation of a diverse customer base. The level of participation by customers is impacted by financial compensation and return-on-investment. The role of

Experimental Study of the Thermal Impacts on Wireless Sensor Batteries

April 10, 2013
Author(s)
Wenqi Guo, William M. Healy, Mengchu Zhou
Wireless sensor networks are being considered for application within buildings to control various equipment in different working environments. As wireless sensors are powered by commercially available batteries, battery performance will directly affect the

Delivering Building Intelligence to First Responders

February 27, 2013
Author(s)
David G. Holmberg, Michelle A. Raymond, Jason D. Averill
Presently, there is no integrated solution for delivering building systems data into the hands of emergency responders. A standard building data delivery solution will integrate the capacity of the building fire safety systems with the capabilities of the

OpenADR Advances

November 1, 2012
Author(s)
David G. Holmberg, Girish Ghatikar, Ed Koch, Jim Boch
One important goal for the advancement of smart grid deployments is to enable buildings to dynamically respond to the supply of electricity. Buildings should respond to grid event and price signals in order to manage peak demands on the electric grid and

Annex 47 Extended Project Summary

September 17, 2012
Author(s)
Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti, Daniel Choiniere
In 2006, researchers from 22 organizations in ten countries began a joint effort to enable the cost-effective commissioning of existing and future buildings to improve the buildings’ operating performance. The commissioning techniques developed through

Annex 47 Report 2: Commissioning Tools for Existing and Low Energy Buildings

September 17, 2012
Author(s)
Christian Neumann , Henk Pietsman, Harunori Yoshida , Hideki Yuzawa, Takeshi Watanabe, Katsuhiro Kamitani, Hiroshige Kikuchi , Dirk Jacob, Oliver Baumann, Daniel Choiniere, Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti
This report summarizes part of the work of IEA-ECBCS Annex 47 Cost-Effective Commissioning of Existing and Low Energy Buildings. It is based on the research findings from the participating countries. The publication is an official Annex report. Report 1,
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