Deakin University Bauer Optimising System Report
In April 2006 Deakin University Reported on the Bauer Optimising System, Comfort and Energy Control in an Open Office.
From the Executive Summary
"… An important and major part of the project was to measure the energy use and consumption for the newly proposed control system over that of the existing one. Given the circumstance that the Bauer control system, could not be completely implemented because of the central chiller plant serving addition building zones, there is strong evidence that tremendous savings could be made over that of the existing system. The primary savings would be in the total energy costs to produce chilled water for cooling purposes which were found to be on the order of 60% during summer conditions. Further savings are in the variable fan speed compared to one that is constant. Here again, almost 50% savings occurred from the existing system. The other important realisation is that several of the existing air handling units (AHU’s), typically used to treat the space, were turned off and not required to maintain conditions during the Bauer controlled periods."
And from the Report’s Conclusion
"… there is strong evidence indicating that savings will occur elsewhere since the observed case indicated over 50% savings alongside the shutdown of 4 of the AHU’s."
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