Browsing by Author "Claridge, David"

Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Impact in the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP), Volume II--Technical Report, Annual Report to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality January 2008-December 2008

Haberl, Jeff; Culp, Charles; Yazdani, Bahman; Gilman, Don; Muns, Shirley; Liu, Zi; Baltazar, Juan-Carlos; Mukhopadhyay, Jaya; Degelman, Larry; Claridge, David (2009-12)

The Energy Systems Laboratory, at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station of the Texas A&M University System, in fulfillment of its responsibilities under Texas Health and Safety Code Ann. 388.003 (e), Vernon Supp. 2002, ...

Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Impact in the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP), Volume III--Technical Appendix

Haberl, Jeff; Culp, Charles; Yazdani, Bahman; Gilman, Don; Muns, Shirley; Liu, Zi; Baltazar-Cervantes, Juan-Carlos; Mukhopadhyay, Jaya; Degelman, Larry; Claridge, David (2009-12)

The Energy Systems Laboratory (Laboratory), at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station of the Texas A&M University System, in fulfillment of its responsibilities under Texas Health and Safety Code Ann. § 388.003 (e), ...

Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Impact in the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP): Volume I

Haberl, Jeff; Culp, Charles; Yazdani, Bahman; Gilman, Don; Fitzpatrick, Tom; Muns, Shirley; Liu, Zi; Baltazar, Juan Carlos; Mukhopadhyay, Jaya; Degelman, Larry; Claridge, David (2008-12)

The Energy Systems Laboratory (Laboratory), at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station of the Texas A&M University System, in fulfillment of its responsibilities under Texas Health and Safety Code Ann. § 388.003 (e), ...

Energy Recovery Ventilator Membrane Efficiency Testing

Rees, Jennifer Anne (2013-05-07)

A test setup was designed and built to test energy recovery ventilator membranes. The purpose of this test setup was to measure the heat transfer and water vapor transfer rates through energy recover ventilator membranes ...

Energy Use Patterns and Savings Analysis Report for Caterpillar Financial, Nashville, TN

Sun, Yifu; Baltazar, Juan-Carlos; Claridge, David (2016-12-12)

Existing Building Commissioning: Exploration of Use and Impacts

Hallowell, Ryan Alexander (2018-07-30)

Existing building commissioning (EBCx) is often considered a cost-effective method for reducing the energy consumption of a building while also driving improvements in occupant comfort and cost savings for the owner or ...

Experimental Investigation of a Compact Heat Exchanger for Thermal Energy Storage in Sustainability Applications (for Mitigating Energy-Water Nexus Issues)

Von Ness, Ryan Michael (2018-09-05)

The application of a compact heat exchanger (CHX) as a latent heat thermal storage system (LHTESS) was explored in this study by employing phase change materials (PCM), for supplementing cooling loads of a dry-cooling ...

Extending and Formalizing the Energy Signature Method for Calibrating Simulations and Illustrating with Application for Three California Climates

Bensouda, Nabil (Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)

This thesis extends and formalizes the energy signature method developed by Wei et al. (1998) for the rapid calibration of cooling and heating energy consumption simulations for commercial buildings. This method is based ...

FAULT DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS METHODS FOR RESIDENTIAL AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS USING CLOUD-BASED DATA

Rogers, Austin Paul (2019-06-10)

Buildings account for nearly 40% of total energy consumption and nearly 75% of electrical energy consumption in the United States, and a significant portion of this energy consumption is due to the heating and cooling ...

Final Report on Retrospective Testing and Application of an Automated Building Commissioning Analysis Tool (ABCAT)

Bynum, John; Lin, Guanjing; Claridge, David (2009-12)

More than $18 billion of energy is wasted annually in the U.S. commercial building sector. Commissioning services have proven successful in reducing building energy consumption, but the optimal energy performance obtained ...

Framework for a Visual Energy Use System

McDonald, Christopher Ernest (2009-06-02)

The goals of this research include developing and identifying software technologies, which facilitate the use of buildings described in Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools in both a simulation and visualization. The ...

Low Delta-T Syndrome Diagnosis and Correction for Chilled Water Plants

Almeida, Agnes (2014-12-15)

This thesis presents a study of the low delta-T syndrome in the DFW Airport. The chilled water system was modeled separately to understand its behavior and identify the possible causes for the low delta-T. The aim of this ...

A Methodology for Automating the Implementation of Advanced Control Algorithms Such As Model Predictive Control on Large Scale Building HVAC Systems

Chintala, Rohit Hari (2018-01-23)

Building operations consume about 40% of the total energy consumption in the US, with Heating Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) comprising a significant portion of it. HVAC system of a typical commercial building ...

Methodology for Rating a Building's Overall Performance based on the ASHRAE/CIBSE/USGBC Performance Measurement Protocols for Commercial Buildings

Kim, Hyojin 1981- (2012-11-14)

This study developed and applied a field test to evaluate the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)/Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)/United States Green ...

Modeling and Control of Passive Chilled Beams with Underfloor Air Distribution of Ventilation in Office Buildings in Humid Climates

Negandhi, Vanita K (2015-08-10)

This dissertation presents the results of a study to determine the operational control, energy performance and comfort conditions associated with passive chilled beams for office buildings in a humid climate and to develop ...