Life-Cycle Tools |
(Element 1) |
Integrated building performance management systems. Includes software tools, analysis techniques, data definitions and schema (e.g. performance metrics), data schema for interoperability, and benchmark databases for evaluating commercial building energy use and other performance issues.
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Lighting, Envelope and Daylighting |
(Element 2) |
Hardware and software to control and monitor conventional lighting and envelope devices for comfort and energy efficiency. Control systems operating on a low-cost building communications network, allowing for occupant-based and building-wide control of lighting and dynamic envelope elements (e.g. electrochromic glazings).
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Low Energy Cooling |
(Element 3) |
Strategies to reduce the energy consumption and peak demand associated with the cooling of commercial buildings in California climates. Novel space conditioning systems (e.g. displacement ventilation, evaporative cooling, chilled ceilings). Demonstration of proven low energy cooling technologies. New tools for design, commissioning and operation of systems.
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Integrated Commissioning and Diagnostics |
(Element 4) |
Reliable practices for commissioning buildings to operate as designed, and for fine tuning after occupancy. Procedures for diagnosing problems that prevent buildings from operating at maximum efficiency. Case studies to facilitate commissioning as standard practice. Advanced commissioning, including supporting software and sensors.
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Indoor Environmental Quality |
(Element 5) |
HVAC and indoor pollutant source control technologies; information that assists state agencies and utilities develop market programs for energy-efficient relocatable classrooms (RCs). Demonstration of improved indoor environments in RCs and documentation of impacts on student health and learning. |