Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings: Technologies, Design, and Performance Analysis

Panel 3 Introduction

Measured Energy Savings of Light-colored Roofs: Results from Three California Demonstration Sites

H. Akbari, L. Gartland, S. Konopacki, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Assessment of Energy Efficiency Solutions in a Commissary

Taghi Alereza, ADM Associates, Inc.; Ramin Faramarzi, Southern California Edison Company; Dan Mort, ADM Associates, Inc.; Paul Reeves, Partnership for Resource Conservation

Predicting and Verifying Energy Savings for Energy Service Companies Using Short-Term Monitoring

W. Mark Arney, Stuart S. Waterbury, Architectural Energy Corporation; Matthew J. Ossi, Honeywell, Inc.

Revisiting the ACT2 Commercial Pilot, Five Years Later

Grant Brohard, Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Timothy O. Caulfield, Equipoise Consulting Incorporated

The Big Report Card: Energy Use in Florida Schools

M.P. Callahan, D.S. Parker, W.L. Dutton, J.E.R. McIlvaine, Florida Solar Energy Center

Implementation of Natural Down-Draft Evaporative Cooling Devices in Commercial Buildings: The International Experience

Nader V. Chalfoun, University of Arizona

An Approach to Calibrating DOE-2 Simulation Models Using Hourly End-Use Data and Data Visualization Software

David A. Cohen, Architectural Energy Corporation; Pat Bailey, RLW Analytics, Inc.

Beyond BLAST and DOE-2: EnergyPlus, a New-Generation Energy Simulation Program

Drury B. Crawley, U.S. Department of Energy; Linda K. Lawrie, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories; Curtis O. Pedersen, Richard J. Liesen, Daniel E. Fisher, Richard K. Strand, Russell D. Taylor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Frederick C. Winkelmann, W.F. Buhl, Y. Joe Huang, A. Ender Erdem, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Field Investigation of Duct System Performance in California Light Commercial Buildings (Round II)

Wm. Woody Delp, Nance E. Matson, Darryl J. Dickerhoff, Mark P. Modera, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Transforming Modular Classrooms in California and Elsewhere

Parick L. Eilert, Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Marc Hoeschele, Davis Energy Group

Contracting for New Building Energy Efficiency

Charles Eley, Eley Associates; Geoffrey Syphers, Xenergy Inc.; Jeff Ross Stein, Eley Associates

Energy Savings from Indirect Evaporative Pre-Cooling: Control Strategies and Commissioning

Don Felts, Pacific Gas and Electric Company; David A. Jump, Schiller Associates

Measuring Advances in HVAC Distribution System Design

Ellen Franconi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

O & M Best Practices for Energy-Efficient Buildings

Tudi Haasl, Debby Dodds, Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.

Creating Low-Energy Commercial Buildings through Effective Design and Evaluation

Sheila J. Hayter, Paul A. Torcellini, Ron Judkoff, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Mary Margaret Jenior, U.S. Department of Energy

Evaluation Results for an Energy-Efficient Office New Construction Project

George Hernandez, Enron Corporation; Grant Brohard, Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Erik Kolderup, Eley Associates

A Procedure for Analyzing Energy and Global Warming Impacts of Foam Insulation in U.S. Commercial Buildings

Jan Kosny, David W. Yarbrough, Andre O. Desjarlais, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Energy Signature Analysis: Radar for Energy Managers

Les Lambert, Lambert Engineering

Calibrating AHU Models Using Whole Building Cooling and Heating Energy Consumption Data

Mingsheng Liu, Guanghua Wei, D.E. Claridge, Texas A & M University

It’s Midnight...Is Your Copier On?: Energy Star® Copier Performance

Bruce Nordman, Mary Ann Piette, Brian Pon, Kris Kinney, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Using Multiple Regression Analysis to Develop Electricity Consumption Indicators for Public Schools

Corfitz Norén, Jurek Pyrko, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden

Development of a Remote Building Monitoring System

Frank Olken, Hans-Arno Jacobsen, Chuck McParland, Mary Ann Piette, Mary F. Anderson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

QuikChill Software for Efficient Chiller Upgrade Assessment

Robert J. Rose, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Don Anderson, ICF Kaiser, Inc.

Innovative Commercial “Ground Source” Heat Pump System Sources and Sinks: Engineering and Economics

Harvey M. Sachs, Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium, Inc.; Andrew I. Lowenstein, AIL Research, Inc.; Hugh I. Henderson, Jr., CDH Energy; Steve W. Carlson, CDH Energy; James E. Risser, AIL Research, Inc.

Benchmarking Energy Use in Schools

Terry R. Sharp, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Phase-Change Wallboard and Mechanical Night Ventilation in Commercial Buildings: Potential for HVAC System Downsizing

Corina Stetiu, Helmut E. Feustel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Comparative Evaluation of Four Daylighting Software Programs

M. Susan Ubbelohde, University of California, Berkeley; Christian Humann

Cool Energy Savings Opportunities in Commercial Refrigeration

Detlef Westphalen, Robert Zogg, Arthur D. Little, Inc.; Jim Brodrick, D & R International