Building Comfort Systems Lab Design

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Methodology

General

• Data Collection - Interval TBD (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual?)
  • Automated - Through DDC, data loggers, power meters with trending
  • Manual - Handheld meters
• Analysis of Data/Trending - Interval TBD (monthly, quarterly, annual?)
  • Automated - Trends through DDC, data loggers
  • Manual - Excel, Universal Translator
• Occupant Feedback - Interval TBD (daily at first, then weekly summary?)
  • Comfort Survey - numerical so can be trended with comments section also
• Continuous Improvement - Weekly adjustments / TBD energy reviews & continous commissioning/re-commissioning
  • Friday session to review previous week and set up for weekend/next week - All (on site and remote)
  • Previous week general comfort and energy usage feedback review
  • Weather forecast and occupancy schedule for next 7 days
  • Recommended system optimizations to implement, if any

Elements of Lab

• Heating comfort & energy
• Cooling comfort & energy
• Dehumidification & ventilation comfort & energy
• Domestic hot water availability/usage & energy
• Lighting comfort & energy

Participants & Time Frames

• Operation - Daily Occupied / Event Special Occupied / Nightly Unoccupied / Weekend / Holiday / Emergency Shutdown (e.g. snow day)
  • Daily On Site - Kirsten, Intern, Tom
  • Daily Off Site - Laurie, Intern, Tom

General Questions

• See detail below for specific questions related to the individual labs.

Building Comfort Systems Labs Detail

Heating System Lab

• Goals of Lab

• Decisions to be made from Lab

• Expected Outcomes

• Methodology

• Process Measurements

• Participants & Time Frames

• Questions

Cooling System Lab

• Goals of Lab

• Decisions to be made from Lab

• Expected Outcomes

• Methodology

• Process Measurements

• Participants & Time Frames

• Questions

Dehumidification & Ventilation System Lab

• Goals of Lab

• Decisions to be made from Lab

• Expected Outcomes

• Methodology

• Process Measurements

• Participants & Time Frames

• Questions

Domestic Hot Water System Lab

• Goals of Lab

• Decisions to be made from Lab

• Expected Outcomes

• Methodology

• Process Measurements

• Participants & Time Frames

• Questions

Lighting System Lab

• Goals of Lab

• Decisions to be made from Lab

• Expected Outcomes

• Methodology

• Process Measurements

• Participants & Time Frames

• Questions

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