Assessing and Reducing Plug and Process Loads in Office Buildings (Brochure)

Program Document · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1018083· OSTI ID:1018083

Plug and process loads (PPLs) in commercial buildings account for almost 5% of U.S. primary energy consumption. Minimizing these loads is a primary challenge in the design and operation of an energy-efficient building. PPLs are not related to general lighting, heating, ventilation, cooling, and water heating, and typically do not provide comfort to the occupants. They use an increasingly largefraction of the building energy use pie because the number and variety of electrical devices have increased along with building system efficiency. Reducing PPLs is difficult because energy efficiency opportunities and the equipment needed to address PPL energy use in office spaces are poorly understood.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1018083
• Report Number(s): NREL/BR-5500-51199; TRN: US201114%%98
• Resource Relation: Related Information: NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
HEATING
OCCUPANTS
OFFICE BUILDINGS
VENTILATION
WATER HEATING
plug and process loads
PPL
office building