There are seven questions, each one requires an agree or disagree answer. It is estimated that it will take 10 minutes to complete all questions in this survey.
Reminder of the project
General Information
This project is using a survey to collect data on the most commonly installed Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems in New Zealand commercial buildings. From this, standard descriptions will be created and transformed into HVAC templates which will be used within computer based building energy simulations. This information is contributing towards the Building Energy End-use Study (BEES) currently being performed by BRANZ (Building Research Association of New Zealand).
Scope
This survey is limited to gather information on HVAC systems that have been designed, specified, and built in New Zealand commercial buildings.
There is a focus on buildings with a total floor area greater than 3,500 m2 and built or
designed over the last 10 years.
Confidentiality
The information and data that is collected within this survey will be kept anonymous and confidential.
No individuals, companies, or affiliations will be identified within the reporting of the results.
Q1.0 –
Email AddressThis is collected to ensure that the survey is only answered once. Please Type. ____________________________
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Q2.0 –
Chilled Beams, good energy efficiency buildingFrom the previous round of questions, these values were identified as being likely for a chilled beam system in a commercial building that has good energy efficiency.
General Aspects
Percentage of building serviced: 76% - 100% Controls: Thermostat, CO2 Sensor, BMS
Outdoor air supply rate: 15 L/s per person
Equipment Types
Cooling coil: Water
Heating coil: None, but with baseboard heating Chilled beam type: Active / fan assisted
Plant Type
Chiller type: Centrifugal
Chiller to chilled beam water loop pumps: Constant primary, variable secondary Chiller condenser type: Water cooled
Chilled water condenser water loop pump: Variable (Intermittent)
Chiller condenser water temperature control: Variable (Based on outside temperature) Cooling tower: Two speed
Performance Values
Chilled beam water inlet temperature: 12oC
Chiller full load COP: 4.2
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Variable Air Volume, good energy efficiency buildingFrom the previous round of questions, these values were identified as being likely for a VAV system in a commercial building that has good energy efficiency.
General Aspects
Percentage of building serviced: 76% - 100% Controls: Thermostat, CO2 Sensor, BMS
Outdoor air supply rate: 15 L/s per person
Equipment Types
Cooling coil: Water Heating coil: Water
Baseboard heating type: Water heated Reheat coil: Water heated
Supply fan type: Draw through Fan layout: Parallel
Heat recovery: Enthalpy (Recovers both sensible and latent heat) Night cycle ventilation: Using central air handler fan
Dehumidifier: None Humidifier: None
Plant Type
Chiller type: Centrifugal
Chiller to coil water loop pumps: Constant primary, variable secondary Chiller condenser type: Water cooled
Chilled water condenser water loop pump: Variable (Intermittent)
Chiller condenser water temperature control: Variable (Based on outside temperature) Cooling tower: Two speed
Boiler fuel type: Natural gas
Boiler to coils water loop pumps: Variable (Intermittent)
Performance Values
Supply fan efficiency: 0.7 Supply fan motor efficiency: 0.9
Cooling coil inlet setpoint temperature: 15oC
Heating coil inlet setpoint temperature: 10oC
Preheat coil setpoint temperature: 35oC
Heat recovery – Sensible effectiveness: 0.75 Heat recovery – Latent effectiveness: 0.70 Chiller full load COP: 4.0
Chiller cold water setpoint temperature: 6oC
Condenser water setpoint temperature: 30oC
Boiler efficiency: 0.90
Boiler hot water setpoint temperature: 80oC
Please indicate any fields that you disagree with, suggest a better value, and provide reasoning(s) why you disagree.
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Q3.0 –
Fan Coil Units, common practice buildingFrom the previous round of questions, these values were identified as being likely for a fan coil unit system installed as common practice in a commercial building.
General Aspects
Percentage of building serviced: 51% - 75% Controls: Thermostat, BMS
Outdoor air supply rate: 10 L/s per person
Equipment Types
Cooling coil: Water Heating coil: Water
Plant Types
Chiller type: Centrifugal
Chiller condenser type: Air cooled
Chiller to coils water loop pumps: Constant primary, variable secondary Boiler fuel type: Natural gas
Boiler to coils water loop pump: Variable (Intermittent)
Performance Values
Supply fan efficiency: 0.70 Supply fan motor efficiency: 0.90
Cooling coil inlet setpoint temperature: 14oC
Heating coil inlet setpoint temperature: 50oC
Chiller full load COP: 2.5
Chiller cold water setpoint temperature: 6oC
Boiler efficiency: 0.85
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Q4.0 –
Variable Air Volume, common practice buildingFrom the previous round of questions, these values were identified as being likely for a VAV system installed as common practice in a commercial building.
General Aspects
Percentage of building serviced: 76% - 100% Controls: Thermostat, BMS
Outdoor air supply rate: 10 L/s per person
Equipment Types
Cooling coil: Water Heating coil: Electric Reheat coil: Electric
Baseboard heating type: None Supply fan type: Draw through Fan layout: Parallel
Heat recovery: None
Night cycle ventilation: None Dehumidifier: None
Plant Type
Chiller type: Centrifugal
Chiller condenser type: Air cooled
Chiller to coils water loop pumps: Constant primary, variable secondary
Performance Values
Supply fan efficiency: 0.70 Supply fan motor efficiency: 0.90
Cooling coil inlet setpoint temperature: 15oC
Heating coil inlet setpoint temperature: 12oC
Chiller full load COP: 3.8
Chiller cold water setpoint temperature: 7.2oC
Please indicate any fields that you disagree with, suggest a better value, and provide reasoning(s) why you disagree.
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Q5.0 –
Split System Heat Pump, poor energy efficiency buildingFrom the previous round of questions, these values were identified as being likely for a split system heat pump system in a commercial building that has poor energy efficiency.
General Aspects
Percentage of building serviced: 51% - 75% Controls: Thermostat
Outdoor air supply rate: 10 L/s per person
Equipment Types
Cooling coil: DX Heating coil: DX
Supply fan type: Draw through Heat recovery type: None Night cycle ventilation: None Humidifier: None
Performance Values
Supply fan efficiency: 0.70 Supply fan motor efficiency: 0.90 Cooling coil full load COP: 4.2 Heating coil fuel load COP: 4.0
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Q6.0 –
Packaged Air Handling Unit, poor energy efficiency buildingFrom the previous round of questions, these values were identified as being likely for a packaged air handling unit system in a commercial building that has poor energy efficiency.
General Aspects
Percentage of building serviced: 76% - 100% Controls: Thermostat, BMS
Outdoor air supply rate: 10 L/s per person
Equipment Types
Cooling coil: DX Heating coil: Electric
Supply fan type: Draw through
Supply fan operation: Variable/Cycling
Performance Values
Supply fan efficiency: 0.70 Supply fan motor efficiency: 0.90 Cooling coil full load COP: 3.0
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Q7.0 –
Fan Coil Units, poor energy efficiency buildingFrom the previous round of questions, these values were identified as being likely for a fan coil units system in a commercial building that has poor energy efficiency.
General Aspects
Percentage of building serviced: 76% - 100% Controls: Thermostat, BMS
Outdoor air supply rate: 10 L/s per person
Equipment Types
Cooling coil: Water Heating coil: Water
Plant Types
Chiller type: Centrifugal
Chiller condenser type: Air cooled
Chiller to coils water loop pumps: Constant primary, variable secondary Boiler fuel type: Natural gas
Boiler to coils water loop pump: Variable (Intermittent)
Performance Values
Supply fan efficiency: 0.70 Supply fan motor efficiency: 0.90
Cooling coil inlet setpoint temperature: 10oC
Heating coil inlet setpoint temperature: 50oC
Chiller full load COP: 2.5
Chiller cold water setpoint temperature: 6oC
Boiler efficiency: 0.80
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Q8.0 –
Any IssuesWere there any issues regarding completion of this survey? If yes, please note what the issues were.
Yes No
Issue(s): __________________________
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Thank you for your time in completing this survey.
The results will be analyses and complied into the third round of questions which will form a consensus on the equipment types and values, you will be contacted with this soon.
If you have any further questions or would like to get in contact, please contact me at:
Thank you.
Anthony Gates
Master of Building Science student Victoria University of Wellington
Appendix G - EnergyPlus objects used for modelling HVAC systems
To model the HVAC systems in EnergyPlus, the HVAC template objects within the idf editor were used. By using these objects to model the HVAC systems, the modelling process is simplified and the chances of receiving modelling errors is reduced. Further explanation of how to use the HVAC template objects is documented in the EnergyPlus Input Output reference document (EnergyPlus, 2010. pg1950).This appendix provides a list of all objects used in EnergyPlus to model each HVAC system. Appendix I contains all of the input values that are associated with these modelling objects.