Show simple item record

Visit the Energy Systems Laboratory Homepage.

Reduce Building Energy Consumption by Improving the Supply Air Temperature Schedule and Recommissioning the Terminal Boxes, Submitted to the Energy Management and Operations Division at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

dc.creatorLiu, M.
dc.creatorAthar, A.
dc.creatorZhu, Y.
dc.creatorClaridge, D. E.
dc.date.accessioned2005-07-25T21:04:31Z
dc.date.available2005-07-25T21:04:31Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.identifier.otherTR-95-01-04
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2149
dc.descriptionThis study investigated the improved cold deck settings under current mechanical conditions as well as the optimal cold deck settings when the current mechanical problems are solved. Improvements to the cold deck setting can be made prior to any mechanical repairing. The improved cold deck setting can reduce annual energy cost by $101,400/yr. Terminal reheat leakage and excessive air flow are the major problems in this building. These problems caused excessive energy consumption as well as personal comfort complaints. We recommend that the air flow be balanced and repairs to the leaking hot water valves in the terminal boxes be made. After these repairs, the cold deck temperature settings can be optimized, and an additional $89,000/yr savings can be achieved.en
dc.description.abstractAt the request of the Energy Management and Operations Department at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the Energy Systems Laboratory of Texas A&M University performed a study of optimizing the HVAC operation at its Basic Research Building. The Basic Research Building (BRB) at M.D. Anderson (MDA) is a seven-story building with a total of 123,000 ft2 conditioned floor area. The building consumed about 81,000 MMBtu chilled water, 41,000 MMBtu steam, and 7.6 MMkWh in 1992 according to LoanSTAR measured data. This energy consumption translates into an annual cost of $l,568,OOO/yr.en
dc.format.extent12330570 bytesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherEnergy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), Texas A&M University
dc.publisherDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the Energy Systems Laboratory of Texas A&M and the authors.en
dc.subjectM.D. Anderson Cancer Centeren
dc.subjectenergy consumptionen
dc.subjectenergy efficiencyen
dc.subjectcold deck settingsen
dc.subjectterminal reheat leakageen
dc.subjectexcessive air flowen
dc.titleReduce Building Energy Consumption by Improving the Supply Air Temperature Schedule and Recommissioning the Terminal Boxes, Submitted to the Energy Management and Operations Division at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Centeren
dc.typeTexten


This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record