Report: Huge Potential Savings from Commercial Controls
U.S. commercial building owners could save an average of 38 percent on their heating and cooling bills if they installed a handful of controls to make their HVAC systems more energy efficient, according to a recent report.
The report, titled “Energy Savings and Economics of Advanced Control Strategies for Packaged Air-Conditioning Units with Gas Heat,” was published by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory. PNNL’s study examined options for improving the efficiency of packaged commercial rooftop systems and estimated the potential savings based on computer modeling and simulation of building energy usage.