Volume 4 - Commercial Buildings: Technologies, Design, and Performance Analysis
Panel 4 Introduction
Skylights and LightPipes: An Evaluation of the Daylighting Systems at Two ACT2
Commercial Buildings
Tor Allen, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Taking a Building’s Vital Signs: A Lending Library of Handheld Instruments
Charles C. Benton, Charlie Huizenga, and Robert Marcial, University of California, Berkeley; Mark Hydeman and Jim Chace, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Design and Implementation of a Night Roof-Spray Storage Cooling System
Richard C. Bourne and Christina Carew, Davis Energy Group
Total Utility Savings from the 37,000 Fixture Lighting Retrofit to the U.S. DOE
Forrestal Building
Tarek Bou-Saada and Jeff Haberl, Texas A&M University; E. James Vajda, Mike Shincovich, Louis D’Angelo, and Louis Harris, U.S. Department of Energy
Steam Dispatch—Energy Savings for Distributed Steam Heating Systems
P.L. Case, R.W. Gregory, and M.E. Case, etc Group Inc.; M. Hill, R. McMillin, and D. Scott, CES/Way International Inc.
Implementation of Continuous Commissioning in the Texas LoanSTAR Program: ‘‘Can
You Achieve 150% of Estimated Retrofit Savings’’ Revisited
David E. Claridge, Mingsheng Liu, Yeqiao Zhu, Mustafa Abbas, Aamer Athar, and Jeff Haberl, Texas A&M
University
Next-Generation Building Energy Simulation Tools—A Vision of the Future
Drury B. Crawley, U.S. Department of Energy; Linda K. Lawrie, U.S. Army/Construction Engineering Research Laboratories; Frederick C. Winkelmann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Curtis Pedersen, Richard Liesen and Dan Fisher, University of Illinois
Monitoring Energy Use of Copiers to Determine Program Design and Potential Savings
for the Energy Star Copier Program
Cyane B. Dandridge, ReEnergize Consortium; Leslie K. Norford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Bruce Nordman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Building Energy Analysis and Retrofit Selection for Russian Multi-Family Housing
James Dirks, Raymond Reilly, J.W. (Bill) Currie, Robert Dahowski, and Peter Armstrong, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory
Measured Field Performance and Energy Savings of Occupancy Sensors: Three Case
Studies
David B. Floyd, Danny S. Parker and John R. Sherwin, Florida Solar Energy Center
Shell, System, and Plant Contributions to the Space Conditioning Energy Use of
Commercial Buildings
Ellen Franconi and Yu Joe Huang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Modeling the Effects of Reflective Roofing
Lisa M. Gartland, Steven J. Konopacki, and Hashem Akbari, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Energy Efficiency of Occupant Controlled Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning
Systems for Office Buildings
Leon R. Glicksman and Steven Taub, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Reasonable Doubts: Monitoring and Verification for Performance Contracting
Miriam L. Goldberg, XENERGY, Inc.
Electric Motor and Belt Retrofits: Measured Savings and Lessons Learned
Steve Greenberg, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
An Introduction to Energy Screening for Commercial Buildings
John D. Hall, ICF Kaiser Consulting Group; Bob Rose, U.S. EPA; Eric Werling and David Meisegeier, ICF Kaiser Consulting Group
Analysis of Hybrid Cooling System at an ACT2 Pilot Demonstration Site
George Hernandez, Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Srinivas Katipamula, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; James Spehar, Aztec Cooling; Robert G. Pratt, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Baseline Market Conditions for Efficient Commercial and Industrial Gas Technologies
Martha J. Hewett and Mary Sue Lobenstein, Center for Energy and Environment; Susan K. Nathan, Minnegasco; William Krauss, Krauss and Associates
Does It Matter Which Weather Data You Use in Energy Simulations?
Y. Joe Huang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Drury B. Crawley, U.S. Department of Energy
Design and Commissioning of an Energy Efficient Air Distribution System in a University
Hospital
Lennart Jagemar, Chalmers Institute of Technology; Lars Andersson, County Council Properties of O¨ stergo¨tland
The Impact of Real-Time Pricing of Electricity on Energy Use, Energy Cost, and
Operation of a Major Hotel
Ronald C. Kammerud, Paradigm Consulting; Steven L. Blanc, Pacific Gas & Electric Company; William F. Kane, Marriott International
Energy Savings from Energy Star Personal Computer Systems
Srinivas Katipamula, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Tor Allen, George Hernandez, Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Mary Ann Piette, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Robert G. Pratt, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Side-by-Side Field Comparison of New and Rebuilt CFC-Free Chillers
Henry Lau and Gregg D. Ander, Southern California Edison
Demonstration of a Light-Redirecting Skylight System at the Palm Springs Chamber of
Commerce
E.S. Lee, L.O. Beltra´n, and S.E. Selkowitz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; H. Lau and G.D. Ander, Southern California Edison
Federal Water Resource Management: How Does It Impact Our Other Resources?
Katherine Mayo and Robert Westby, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Mark Ginsberg, U.S. DOE, Federal Energy Management Program
Energy Data Acquisition and Validation for a Large Office Building
Richard P. Mazzucchi, SBW Consulting, Inc.; Ken Gillespie, Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Roger Lippman, New Horizon Technologies
Impacts of Increased Outdoor Air Flow Rates on Annual HVAC Energy Costs
David Mudarri, U.S. EPA; John D. Hall, Eric Werling, and David Meisegeier, ICF Kaiser Consulting Group
Measured Energy Savings and Performance of Power-Managed Personal Computers and
Monitors
Bruce Nordman, Mary Ann Piette and Kris Kinney, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
A Software Tool to Help Building Operators Respond to Real Time Electricity Rates
Leslie K. Norford, Tabors Caramanis & Associates and Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Scott L. Englander and Benjamin J. Wiseley, Tabors Caramanis & Associates
Remote Building Monitoring and Control
Frank Olken, Chuck McParland, Mary Ann Piette, Dale Sartor, and Stephen Selkowitz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Energy and IAQ Implications of Different Outdoor Air Ventilation Strategies for Terminal
Reheat Variable Air Volume Systems
T.A. Reddy, M. Liu and D.E. Claridge, Texas A&M University
Daylight Dimming Systems: Studies in Energy Savings and Efficiency
Lynn Schrum, Danny S. Parker, and David B. Floyd, Florida Solar Energy Center
Energy Benchmarking in Commercial Office Buildings
Terry Sharp, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Modifying Title 24 Climate Zone Weather Data to Refect ASHRAE Design Day Conditions
James Trowbridge, California Energy Commission