MECH3023 Building Energy Management and Control Systems

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Building Energy Management (BEM)

1. Energy Management System

2. ISO 50001

3. Energy Information System

4. Building Energy Audits
[Powerpoint file in PDF format]

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Further Reading:

• ISO 50001 -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_50001
• Energy management matrix [PDF]
• The Carbon Trust, 2013. Energy Management - A Comprehensive Guide to Controlling Energy Use, The Carbon Trust, London. [http://www.carbontrust.com/resources/guides/energy-efficiency/energy-management]
  
• EMSD, 2012. Code of Practice for Building Energy Audit, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, Hong Kong. [PDF]
  
• EMSD, 2007. Guidelines on Energy Audit, 2007 Edition, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, Hong Kong. [PDF]
• Henderson, P. and Waltner, M., 2013. Real-time Energy Management: A Case Study of Three Large Commercial Buildings in Washington, D.C., CS:13-07-A, Natural Resources Defense council (NRDC), New York. [http://www.nrdc.org/business/casestudies/files/tower-companies-case-study.pdf]
  

References:

• ASHRAE, 2011. Procedures for Commercial Building Energy Audits, 2nd ed., American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA. [696 P963 A]
• CIBSE, 2012. Energy Efficiency in Buildings: CIBSE Guide F, 3rd edition, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, London. [696 E56 C4g]
• Chapter 15 Managing the building
• Chapter 18 Energy audits and surveys
• Chapter 19 Benchmarking, monitoring and targeting (M&T)
  
• Capehart, B. L. and Middelkoop, T., 2011. Handbook of Web Based Energy Information and Control Systems, Fairmont Press, Lilburn, GA. [on order]
• HKEIA, 2013. Guidebook for ISO 50001 Energy Management System, The Hong Kong Electronic Industries Association (HKEIA), Hong Kong. http://www.hkeia.org/iso50001/

Web Links:

• Degree days [Carbon Trust] http://www.carbontrust.com/resources/guides/energy-efficiency/degree-days
• ISO 50001 - Energy management http://www.iso.org/iso/iso50001
• W. Edwards Deming -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming
• Energy dashboard examples:
  
• University of British Columbia (UBC) https://ubc.pulseenergy.com
  
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill https://itsapps.unc.edu/energy/
• The UMass Amherst Energy Dashboard: http://www.bedashboard.com/kiosk/20
• Energy Efficient Buildings Hub http://www.eebhub.org/
  

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| Created: Feb 2014 | Update: 31 Mar 2014 | By: cmhui@hku.hk |