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Integrated Commissioning for a Large Medical Facility
Abstract
The energy costs of heating, ventilating and
air conditioning usually represents a large
portion of the utility bills for a medical facility.
One large, modem medical center located in the
hot and humid region of southern Texas includes
clinic areas, inpatient areas, critical areas,
diagnostic areas, and pharmacy and a research
center. An integrated commissioning of the
HVAC system was performed for this building.
The commissioning activities improved the
building comfort conditions and reduced the
utility costs by $225,000 for seven months
during the commissioning periods and four
months following the major commissioning
completion. Some unique optimized control
strategies were developed and implemented in
the control system. This paper describes the
commissioning activities and the results.
Citation
Zhu, Y.; Batten, T.; Turner, W. D.; Claridge, D. E.; Giebler, T.; Liu, M.; Zhou, J.; Cameron, C.; Keeble, B.; Hirchak, R. (2000). Integrated Commissioning for a Large Medical Facility. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /6774.