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Recommendations for 15% Above-Code Energy Efficiency Measures on Implementing Houston Amendments to Multifamily Residential Buildings in Houston Texas
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2009-11)
This paper presents results from an analysis of the energy saving potential for multifamily residential buildings in Houston. In this analysis, the energy efficient measures were proposed by the building officials with the ...
Analysis of Energy Recovery Ventilator Savings for Texas Buildings
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2009-11)
This analysis was conducted to identify the energy cost savings from retrofitting Texas buildings with air-to-air ERV (Energy Recovery Ventilator) systems. This analysis applied ERV and psychrometric equations in a bin-type ...
Historical Survey of Daylighting Calculations Methods and Their Use in Energy Performance Simulations
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2009-11)
This paper traces the historical development of different daylighting calculation methods. Over the years there have been several developments in daylighting calculation methods. The last two decades have seen a number of ...
Ontology Development for Low-Energy Building Embedded Commissioning
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2009-11)
This paper presents the results of initial work in developing an ontology for improving information exchange and automation in building system commissioning practices. In our previous research dealing with the derivation ...
Continuous Commissioning® of the Austin City Hall
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2009-11)
This paper presents a case study of a Continuous Commissioning (CC) project performed at the Austin City Hall. Various CC measures were implemented and significant energy savings were achieved. The paper illustrates a ...
AIM: A Home-Owner Usable Energy Calculator for Existing Residential Homes
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2009-11)
An energy efficiency metric for residential homes was developed to provide home-owners, realtors and builders a method to rate the energy efficiency of an existing house. To accomplish this, a web-based calculator was ...
Continuous Commissioning of a LEED-EB Gold Certified Office Building
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2009-11)
A 320,000 square foot Class A high-rise office building in Nashville, TN achieved LEED-EB Gold Certification. LEED-EB version 2.0 was utilized, which requires Retro-Commissioning (RCx) as a prerequisite for certification. ...
HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES MANAGEMENT: READY FOR INTERNATIONALIZATION?
(Energy Systems Laboratory, 2009-11)
The last ten years has seen dramatic growth in Facilities Management (FM) activities worldwide, including Malaysia. Facilities Management is responsible for coordinating all efforts related to planning, designing and ...
Acoustical and Noise Control Criteria and Guidelines for Building Design and Operations
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2009-11)
Noise, vibration and acoustical design, construction, commissioning and operation practices influence building cost, efficiency, performance and effectiveness. Parameters for structural vibration, building systems noise, ...
Use of First Law Energy Balance as a Screening Tool for Building Energy Use Data: Experiences on the Inclusion of Outside Air Enthalpy Variable
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2009-11)
Quality controlled energy-use data is the foundation of energy performance evaluation for a building. The “Energy Balance Load” (EBL), a parameter derived from the first law of thermodynamics based on a whole-building ...