Public Interest Energy Research on Building Commissioning in California

摘要

An estimate of as much as 30 percent of all energy that is consumed by commercial buildings in the U.S. is due to inefficient and improper operation of building equipment. A lack of or inadequate building commissioning and diagnostic efforts, inadequate maintenance, outdated and inefficient equipment are some of the more common sources of problems in non-residential buildings. Many of these problems are often ignored or left unresolved because building staff and operators lack the critical information necessary to address them. Three building commissioning research projects funded under the Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program investigate the energy saving potentials through proper use of sensors, data storage frequency for HVAC fault detection and diagnostics to optimize commercial building systems to perform at their peak energy efficiency.