Effective partial-load condition strategies

摘要

Because buildings don't always (or typically ever) run at their peak design demand, taking advantage of a variety of common technologies and systems can help minimize the energy and cost expenditure of any facility's daily operations. Series temperature sensors, pressure sensors, flow measuring stations, flow meters, control valves, modulating dampers, variable frequency drives (VFDs), and electronically commutated motors (ECM) for fans and pumps are just a few examples of strategies that can be employed to bridge the gap between the peak mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP), and fire protection design and actual systems usage.