Short Summary
Energy-Efficient
Air-Handling Controls
Clifford
Federspiel
00-12
EISG Project Title: Energy-Efficient Air-Handling Controls
EISG Grant Number: 00-12
PIER Area: Building End Use
Principal Investigator: Clifford Federspiel
Contact Information: (510) 418-3392 cfeders@attglobal.net
Organization: Federspiel Controls.
Grant Amount: $75,000
Grant Term: 12 months
Project Description:
The purpose of this project is to research the feasibility of a more energy efficient method of controlling air-handling equipment in buildings to minimize the fan power and cooling power required to achieve the functional requirements of ventilation, pressurization and temperature control.
Proposed Outcomes:
· Optimized control logic for achieving energy efficient operation of air-handling equipment
· Feasibility analysis based on a comparison of existing and proposed control strategies using modeling and simulation
Anticipated Benefits:
· Reduce fan energy consumption by 20-40%
· Reduce heating and cooling power by 10%
· Potential energy savings of .8 quad in the U.S. and .1 quad in California