Improving Ventilation and Saving Energy: Relocatable ClassroomField Study Interim Report

Apte, Michael G. ; Buchanan, Ian S. ; Faulkner, David ; Hotchi,Toshifumi ; Spears,Michael ; Sullivan, Douglas P. ; Wang, Duo

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

关键词: Hvac Systems;    Environmental Quality;    Acoustic Measurements;    32 Energy Conservation, Consumption, And Utilization;    California;   

DOI  :  10.2172/860386
RP-ID  :  LBNL--58824
RP-ID  :  DE-AC02-05CH11231
RP-ID  :  860386

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The primary goals of this research effort are to develop, evaluate, and demonstrate a very practical HVAC system for classrooms that consistently provides classrooms with the quantity of ventilation in current minimum standards, while saving energy, and reducing HVAC-related noise levels. This research is motivated by the public benefits of energy efficiency, evidence that many classrooms are under-ventilated, and public concerns about indoor environmental quality in classrooms. This report presents an interim status update and preliminary findings from energy and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) measurements in sixteen relocatable classrooms in California. The field study includes measurements of HVAC energy use, ventilation rates, and IEQ conditions. Ten of the classrooms were equipped with a new HVAC technology and six control classrooms were equipped with a standard HVAC system. Energy use and many IEQ parameters have been monitored continuously, while unoccupied acoustic measurements were measured in one of four planned seasonal measurement campaigns. Continuously monitored data are remotely accessed via a LonWorks{reg_sign} network and stored in a relational database at LBNL. Preliminary results are presented here.