ADVANCED CONTROLS FOR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS: BARRIERS AND ENERGY SAVINGSPOTENTIAL

摘要

Commercial buildings consume just over 17 quads ofrnprimary energy per year, about 17% of U.S. energyrnconsumption. TIAX has carried out a two-phase study forrnthe U.S. Department of Energy Building TechnologyrnProgram (DOE/BT) that evaluates the energy savingrnpotential of four advanced control and diagnosticsrnapproaches in commercial buildings. This paper presentsrnthe key results of the study, namely assessments of energyrnsaving potential and barriers to achieving significantrnmarket share for four controls approaches evaluated.