MEBS6016 Energy Performance of Buildings

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Energy Efficient Technologies

1.  Building Envelope

2. HVAC

3. Hot Water

4. Lighting

5. Electrical Services

6. Lifts & Escalators

7. Building Management System [Powerpoint file in PDF format]

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Further Reading:

• Advanced Energy Saving Technologies: Publications (EMSD) http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/eng/pee/aest_pub.shtml
• HVAC:
• Application Guide to Variable Speed Drives (VSD) http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/eng/pee/em_pub_2.shtml
  
• Application of Physical Scale Prevention Technologies for Chiller Condenser http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/Physcl-Scl-Prvntn-Tchnlg.pdf
• Predictive System Curve Control for Secondary Chilled Water Pumps http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/EMS_Water_Pumps(low-res).pdf
  
• Total Hydronic Balancing in Chilled Water System http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/THB_CHW.pdf
• Variable Flow Control for Condensing Water Pumps http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/Conds-water-pump.pdf
• VAV System Static Pressure Reset Control http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/VAV-SPRC.pdf
  
• Hot water:
• Heat Pump Water Heaters http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/HeatPumpPamphlet.pdf 
• Solar Thermal Collectors for Water Heating http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/EMS8313_waterheating(low-res).pdf
• Lighting:
• Application Guide to Electronic Ballasts http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/eng/pee/em_pub_1.shtml
  
• Digital and Addressable Lighting Control at Kowloon Bay Indoor Games Hall http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/digital_lighting_control_at_kbigh.pdf
  
• Guidelines on T5 Fluorescent Lamps http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/t5guide.pdf
  
• LED – a kind of Unconventional Lamp http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/LED1.pdf
  
• Retrofit with Energy Efficient Fluorescent Lighting System http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/lighting_retrofit.pdf
  
• Self-Luminous EXIT Signs Testing and Application Report http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/selfluminousexitsign.pdf
  
• T5 Lamp Testing and Application Report http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/t5lampe.pdf
  
• Task Lighting Design http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/Task_Lighting_Design.pdf
  
• Electrical:
• High Efficiency Motor http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/ems_bk_low-res.pdf
• Standards of Power Quality with reference to the Code of Practice for Energy Efficiency of Electrical Installations (by Ir. Martin Wu, EMSD) http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/EEC&harmonic.pdf
• Lifts and escalators:
• Service On Demand Escalator Information Pamphlet http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/sod-pamhplet.pdf
• Study Report on Application of Lift Regenerative Power (EMSD) http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/applctn_lift_rgnrt_pwr.pdf
• Building management systems:
• Application Guide to Central Control and Monitoring Systems (CCMS) http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/ccms17.pdf
  
• Others:
• Innovative Energy-efficiency Pilot Projects carried out by EEO, EMSD http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/hkie100.pdf
  
• Solar Control Window Film Information Leaflet http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/e_download/pee/wf-pamphlet-eng.pdf
• Natural Ventilation Systems http://www.arca53.dsl.pipex.com/index_files/natvent.htm
  
• Stack Driven Ventilation Calculations http://www.arca53.dsl.pipex.com/index_files/natvent2.htm
• Price Training Modules (videos) [http://www.priceindustries.com/resources/type/videos/training-modules]
• Underfloor Air Distribution -- 9- Fundamentals of HVAC - Underfloor Air Distribution (40:23) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCa7DwZKLcc
• Video: SAS International Chilled Ceiling (3:50) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu-IrrvpVRY
• Video: Variable Refrigerant Flow System - VRF System (5:21) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujv3k59XISo
• Video: What is Combined Heat and Power (CHP)? (0:59) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtA2A_3f0Os
  
• Video: Cogeneration and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) (1:35) http://www.energy.siemens.com/nl/en/industries-utilities/power/processes/chp.htm
• Video: District Cooling System (5:58) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDY32Chx6Gg
• 愛 在海水冷卻時 (District cooling system) (19 Jan 2014) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwdyjX6ROe4
• LED Lighting:
• LEDs and OLEDs, http://www.edisontechcenter.org/LED.html
• Lifts and Escalators:
• VDI 4707 The new benchmark for energy efficiency http://www.schindler.com/hk/internet/en/mobility-solutions/products/green-mobility/vdi4707-benchmark.html

References:

• Beggs, C., 2009. Energy: Management, Supply and Conservation, 2nd ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford. [696 B41]
• Chapter 11 -- Waste Heat Recovery [PDF]
  
• Chapter 12 -- Combined Heat and Power [PDF]
• Chapter 13 -- Energy Efficient Air Conditioning and Mechanical Ventilation [PDF]
• Chapter 14 -- Energy Efficient Electrical Services [PDF]
• Chapter 15 -- Passive Solar and Low Energy Building Design [PDF]
• CIBSE, 2012. Energy Efficiency in Buildings: CIBSE Guide F, 3rd edition, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, London. [696 E56 C4g]
• Chapter 11 -- Motors and building transportation systems
• IEA, 2013. Technology Roadmap -- Energy Efficient Building Envelopes, International Energy Agency (IEA), Paris. [http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/TechnologyRoadmapEnergyEfficientBuildingEnvelopes.pdf]
• Krarti, M., 2011. Energy Audit of Building Systems: An Engineering Approach, 2nd ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. [696 K898 e56]
• Chapter 5 Electrical Systems
• Chapter 6 Building Envelope
• Chapter 7 Secondary HVAC Systems Retrofit
• Chapter 9 Cooling Equipment
• Chapter 10 Energy Management Control Systems
• Chapter 13 Cogeneration Systems
• Chapter 14 Heat Recovery Systems
• Hui, S. C. M. and Zhou, Y. C., 2015. Analysis of cooling load calculations for underfloor air distribution systems, Paper accepted by the 13th Asia Pacific Conference on the Built Environment: Next Gen Technology to Make Green Building Sustainable, 19-20 Nov 2015 (Thu-Fri), Hong Kong, 15 pp. [PDF]
• Levermore, G. J., 2000. Building Energy Management Systems: Application to Low-energy HVAC and Natural Ventilation Control, 2nd ed., E & FN Spon, London & New York. [696 L661 b]
• Chapter 12 Low-energy air conditioning and lighting control [PDF]

Useful Websites:

• Advanced Energy Saving Technologies (EMSD) http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/eng/pee/aest.shtml
• Advanced Energy Saving Technologies : Publications http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/eng/pee/aest_pub.shtml
• EMSD Energy Efficient Technologies Net http://ee.emsd.gov.hk
• Energy Design Resources (EDR) http://energydesignresources.com/
• Energy Efficiency Emerging Technology (E3T) Program http://e3tnw.org/

Web Links:

• Chilled Beams and Chilled Ceilings http://archtoolbox.com/materials-systems/hvac/120-chilled-beam-ceiling.html
• Cogeneration -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogeneration
• EMSD Energy Efficiency Office http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/eng/pee/
• Free cooling -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_cooling
• Heat pump -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pump  
  
• Smart glass -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_glass
  
• Underfloor air distribution -- Wikipedi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underfloor_air_distribution
  
• Variable-frequency drive -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable-frequency_drive
• Variable refrigerant flow -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_refrigerant_flow
  
• Variable Refrigerant Flow (US GSA) http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/163491
• Fuel Cell Basics http://americanhistory.si.edu/fuelcells/basics.htm
  
• How Fuel Cells Work (3:17) http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/4836-how-fuel-cells-work-video.htm
  

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| Created: Dec 2003 | Update: 24 Nov 2015 | By: cmhui@hku.hk |