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Office Building Uses Ice Storage, Heat Recovery, and Cold-Air Distribution
Abstract
Ice storage offers many opportunities
to use other tcchnologies, such as heat
recovery and cold-air distribution. In
fact, by using them, the designer can
improve the efficiency and lower the
construction cost of an ice system.
This paper presents a case study of a
large (550,000 square feet) office building
which combines these ideas into one HVAC
system. By integrating these technologies
to take advantage of the unique
characteristics of ice storage, the
engineers created a system that provided a
1-1/2 year simple payback. The system
reduces operating costs by over $0.16 per
square foot each year, yet it increased the
net HVAC budget by only $0.22 per square
foot.
Citation
Tackett, R. K. (1989). Office Building Uses Ice Storage, Heat Recovery, and Cold-Air Distribution. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /6574.