TY - GEN
T1 - Nationwide energy saving analysis for office buildings with occupant centric building controls
AU - Pang, Zhihong
AU - Chen, Yan
AU - O’Neill, Zheng
AU - Zhang, Jian
AU - Cheng, Hwakong
AU - Dong, Bing
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Amer. Soc. Heating, Ref. Air-Conditoning Eng. Inc.. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The heating ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system is a major contributor to building energy consumption. In this paper, the energy savings potential of implementing occupant centric control (OCC) for HVAC systems in office buildings is quantified on a nationwide basis. Firstly, the medium-sized office from the DOE Commercial Prototype Building Models was modified to facilitate the research purpose. Then, both a baseline case and two OCC cases were created based on ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2016 and ASHRAE Guideline 36. Next, the baseline case and the two OCC cases were further modified to represent different versions of ASHRAE Standard 90.1 (e.g., ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2004, ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2010), and all the 16 representative climates in the U.S. (e.g., Buffalo, NY for climate zone 5A). Finally, the HVAC energy consumptions of the medium-sized office model for different climates and different versions of ASHRAE Standard are analyzed to understand the energy savings potential of such an OCC on a nationwide basis.
AB - The heating ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system is a major contributor to building energy consumption. In this paper, the energy savings potential of implementing occupant centric control (OCC) for HVAC systems in office buildings is quantified on a nationwide basis. Firstly, the medium-sized office from the DOE Commercial Prototype Building Models was modified to facilitate the research purpose. Then, both a baseline case and two OCC cases were created based on ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2016 and ASHRAE Guideline 36. Next, the baseline case and the two OCC cases were further modified to represent different versions of ASHRAE Standard 90.1 (e.g., ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2004, ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2010), and all the 16 representative climates in the U.S. (e.g., Buffalo, NY for climate zone 5A). Finally, the HVAC energy consumptions of the medium-sized office model for different climates and different versions of ASHRAE Standard are analyzed to understand the energy savings potential of such an OCC on a nationwide basis.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85105755738
T3 - ASHRAE Transactions
SP - 224
EP - 232
BT - 2020 ASHRAE Virtual Conference
PB - ASHRAE
T2 - 2020 ASHRAE Virtual Conference
Y2 - 29 June 2020 through 2 July 2020
ER -