HOW THE LEED VENTILATION CREDIT IMPACTS ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF GSHP SYSTEMS A CASE STUDY FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2011

OSTI ID:1023842

Liu, Xiaobing ^[1]

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1. ORNL

This paper presents a study on the impacts of increased outdoor air (OA) ventilation on the performance of ground-source heat pump (GSHP) systems that heat and cool typical primary schools. Four locations Phoenix, Miami, Seattle, and Chicago are selected in this study to represent different climate zones in the United States. eQUEST, an integrated building and HVAC system energy analysis program, is used to simulate a typical primary school and the GSHP system at the four locations with minimum and 30% more than minimum OA ventilation. The simulation results show that, without an energy recovery ventilator, the 30% more OA ventilation results in an 8.0 13.3% increase in total GSHP system energy consumption at the four locations. The peak heating and cooling loads increase by 20.2 30% and 14.9 18.4%, respectively, at the four locations. The load imbalance of the ground heat exchanger is increased in hot climates but reduced in mild and cold climates.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Work for Others (WFO)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1023842
• Resource Relation: Conference: 10th IEA Heat Pump Conference, Tokyo, Japan, Japan, 20110516, 20110519
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
AIR
CLIMATES
COOLING LOAD
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
ENERGY ANALYSIS
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY RECOVERY
GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMPS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT PUMPS
HEATING
SPACE HVAC SYSTEMS
OUTDOORS
PERFORMANCE
SIMULATION
VENTILATION
LEED
GSHP
DOAS
increased ventilation
and energy consumption