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Air-handling energy efficiency and design practices

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

With good design practices and life-cycle cost optimization, the specific fan power for individual (SFPI) fans will be between 0.5 and 1 kW m−3−1. Data from nearly 1000 audited fans in Sweden show that the average measured SFPI weighted by drawn motor power is 1.5 kW m−3 s−1 and the situation appears to be similar in other countries. Contract forms used by Swedish builders and consultants' design practices are analyzed here to search for an explanation of the low performance of installed systems. Identified as two major barriers to efficient system design are the lack of performance specifications when procuring systems and the incentive structure in the building sector. As a consequence, duct design methods, rules of thumb, and vendor recommendations do not lead to system optimization. The broad minima in life-cycle costs over a range of air-handling unit sizes show that potential economic welfare losses from efficiency standards are likely to be smaller than the losses that result from today's design practices.

Publiceringsår

1995

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

1-13

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Energy and Buildings

Volym

22

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Energy Systems

Nyckelord

  • Air-handling systems
  • Energy efficiency
  • Design practices
  • Fan systems

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1872-6178