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Energy Efficiency Package for Tenant Fit-Out: Laboratory Testing and Validation of Energy Savings and Indoor Environmental Quality
Paul Mathew, Cindy Regnier, Jordan Shackelford, Travis Walter
April 3, 2023
Approximately 40% of the total U.S. office floor space of 1.5 billion sq.m (16 billion sq.ft.) is leased space occupied by tenants. Tenant fit-out presents a key opportunity to incorporate energy efficiency within the real estate business cycle. We designed a package of energy efficiency measures tailored to the scope of a tenant fit-out. This tenant fit-out package (TFP) includes advanced lighting and heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) controls as core measures, with ceiling fans, automated shading, and plug load controls as additional optional measures. We conducted laboratory testing of six configurations of the package to evaluate energy savings, indoor environmental quality, and identify installation, commissioning, and operational issues. Combined savings for HVAC, lighting, and plug loads ranged from 33−40%. Lighting savings ranged from 69−83%, and HVAC savings from 20−40%. The laboratory testing also revealed some minor but tractable challenges with installation and commissioning of HVAC controls. Overall, the results demonstrate that significant savings can be realized in existing office buildings by incorporating relatively low-risk, proven measures at the time of a tenant fit-out.
Keywords
ASHRAE Guideline 36, Energy Efficiency, HVAC controls, lighting controls, office buildings, tenant fit-out
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Mathew P, Regnier C, Shackelford J, Walter T. Energy Efficiency Package for Tenant Fit-Out: Laboratory Testing and Validation of Energy Savings and Indoor Environmental Quality. (2023). LAPSE:2023.26940
Author Affiliations
Mathew P: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA [ORCID]
Regnier C: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Shackelford J: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Walter T: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Energies
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13
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20
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E5311
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2020
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2020-10-13
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1996-1073
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