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Outdoor Air, Heat Wheels and JCPenney: A New Approach to Retail Ventilation
Abstract
JCPenney Construction Services department is
responsible for the construction of new stores, takeover
of existing facilities to create a new store,
repairs to existing JCPenney facilities and the
expansion and modernization of stores across the
nation and the world. Each year, JCPenney
Construction Services handles approximately 50
projects along these lines. After the implementation
of ASHRAE 62- 1989 by JCPenney and many major
building codes, including BOCA, mechanical
engineers at JCPenney noticed a sharp increase in the
percentage of cooling capacity required to cool the
outdoor ventilation air. In an effort to limit this
impact, both in first cost and in operational costs,
JCPenney is beginning to make an effort to use
enthalpy heat wheels in the hot and humid climate
areas where it is economically feasible. This paper
discusses the efforts of JCPenney to implement this
option to the treatment of outdoor air in a store in
Baton Rouge, LA while maintaining indoor air
quality requirements as stated in ASHRAE Standard
62-1989 and maintaining energy efficiency. This
paper also discusses the projected energy savings and
operations of this alternative to the standard
treatment of outdoor air.
Citation
Smith, C. S.; Bartlett, T. A. (1998). Outdoor Air, Heat Wheels and JCPenney: A New Approach to Retail Ventilation. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /6744.