IAEEL newsletter 4/94
HVAC Savings?

TABLE

Lighting-HVAC interactions for large office building stock in Chicago

(Negative values indicate reductions in energy use, positive values increases in energy use)

Lighting energy savings
(kWh/m^2-year)

-15.8

Space-conditioning Load Impact
(kWh/m^2-year)
-6.7
Annual heating load penalty +3.6
Annual cooling load savings

-10.3

Energy-use Impact (kWh/m^2-year) +0.5
Annual heating penalty +3.6
Annual cooling load savings

-3.1

Equipment Sizing Impact (W/m^2) -0.9
Heating capacity penalty +3.4
Cooling capacity savings

-4.3

Utility Impact (W/m^2) -1.1
Increase in heating load at utility peak in winter +1.7
Reduction in cooling load at utility peak in summer

-2.8

Note: Adapted from Sezgen and Huang, ACEEE Summer Study, 1994.

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