Service firms eyed for lighting, HVAC control
Consultants and energy-service firms are popular with the owners and operators of restaurants, who don't want to deal with energy management on a daily basis. Monitoring and controlling the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment and the lighting systems are the primary areas for improving efficiency. If employees override control systems or if controls are not updated as equipment and operations change, however, the systems lose their efficiency. The nature of food preparation requires different control arrangements than other commercial buildings. Users report that centralized control centers serving a number of individual franchises are most cost-effective than systems with employee access. (DCK)
- OSTI ID:
- 7099005
- Journal Information:
- Energy User News; (United States), Vol. 7:31
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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