Browsing by Author "Claridge, David E."
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Tanskyi, Oleksandr (2012-02-14)The commercial buildings sector in the United States used 18 percent (17.93 Quads) of the U.S. primary energy in 2006. Office buildings are the largest single energy consumption category in the commercial buildings sector ...
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Malhotra, Mini (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Energy-efficient building design involves minimizing the energy use and optimizing the performance of individual systems and components of the building. The benefits of energyefficient design, in the residential sector, ...
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Malhotra, Mini (2010-07-14)This dissertation addresses the issues of climate change and depletion of non-renewable resources of energy and water, and aims at eliminating the use of non-renewable resources of energy and water for the building operation ...
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Engan, Kenneth Paul (2009-05-15)This thesis compares the variability of commissioning savings and the persistence of savings from the Normalized Annual Consumption (NAC) and standard International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP) ...
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Al-Homoud, Mohammad Saad (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1994)The aim o f this dissertation is to present the framework, development, validation, and implementation o f a reliable thermal optimization model for the design o f the physical components o f buildings. The research was ...
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Curtin, Jonathan M. (2009-05-15)More than $18 billion of energy is wasted annually in the U.S. commercial building sector. Retro-Commissioning services have proven to be successful with relatively short payback times, but tools that support the commissioning ...
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Hicks, Dave C. (2009-05-15)This thesis presents a methodology developed to aid in the determination of potential sources and the potential scale of energy savings in commercial buildings. As a pre-screening tool, the methodology is designed to ...
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Baltazar Cervantes, Juan Carlos (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)This dissertation provides one methodology to determine potential energy savings of buildings with limited information. This methodology is based upon the simplified energy analysis procedure of HVAC systems and the control ...
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Powell, Jacob Joseph (2009-05-15)Non-road diesel engines are significant contributors to air pollution in the United States. Recent regulations put forth by EPA and other environmental agencies have laid out stringent guidelines for engine manufacturers ...
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Clingenpeel, Kathryn Elaine (2009-05-15)This thesis examines ways to reduce energy consumption in university buildings. Occupancy based controls and other advanced building technologies being studied at the Intelligent Workplace (IW) at Carnegie Melon University ...
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Visitsak, Sopa (2009-05-15)To be successful in sustainable building design, architects must consider energy efficient design strategies in the early design stage. Unfortunately, many architects still rely on simplified analysis, synthesis techniques, ...
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Fu, Hongxiang (2021-08-02)A significant portion of energy consumption occurs in buildings today. Accurate and easy-to-implement methods are needed to calculate building energy consumption for a wide range of applications, including efficiency ...
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Shao, Xiaojie (Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)This thesis defines the Energy Balance Load ( BL E ) as the difference between the heating requirements plus the electric gains in the building and the cooling coil loads. It then applies a first law energy balance in ...
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Xu, Chen (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)District Cooling Systems (DCS) have been widely applied in large institutions such as universities, government facilities, commercial districts, airports, etc. The hydraulic system of a large DCS can be complicated. They ...
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Kulkarni, Aditya Arun (2012-02-14)Re-commissioning, retro-commissioning, Continuous Commissioning® (CC®) are examples of successful systematic processes implemented in buildings to reduce overall building energy consumption, and improve efficiency of systems ...
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Kim, Byungseon Sean (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)Computer-aided building design (CABD) has been very diversified since the design process encompasses so many decision making steps by architects. However, the segregated design decision making process frequently prevents ...
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Investigation of a Radiantly Heated and Cooled Office with an Integrated Desiccant Ventilation Unit Gong, Xiangyang (2009-05-15)Radiant heating and cooling has a reputation of increasing the comfort level and reducing the energy consumption of buildings. The main advantages of radiant heating and cooling are low operational noise and reduced fan ...
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Rasisuttha, Sakkara (Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)The purpose of this research is to develop methods that reduce energy consumption in a residential building in a hot and humid climate region (Thailand) using efficient architectural building components and renewable ...
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Chen, Wei-Jen (2017-01-09)Buildings in a hot and humid climate usually are kept at a positive pressurization level to avoid infiltration induced issues such as mold growth within building envelopes. This dissertation combines existing models of ...
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Wang, Linyan (2015-07-29)Usually, the chiller and boiler efficiencies are the primary measures that are considered with respect to building HVAC systems efficiency. However, during operation, several other components consume energy as part of the ...