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Planned Research Activities
Current Research Projects
Completed Research Projects
Non-prioritized Research Ideas
Other Research Documents
Planned Research Activities
The most recent version of the Research
Plan prepared for the Research Subcommittee Meeting
in Quebec City in June 2006. Below is a summary of projects
that are currently prioritized by the Research Subcommittee.
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Title
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Author
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Documents
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Most recent status
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RTAR 1527: Closed Loop Control - Problems, Performance
Measurement, and Alternative Algorithms to PID |
Bill Pienta
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June 06 report: Bill Pienta drafted RTAR, with
input from Kristin Heinemeier, John House, and Ken
Gillespie. Well done, folks! This new RTAR was discussed
in detail at the meeting. The discussion generated
some specific feedback for Bill. Bill will make
some changes and produce another draft, with a bit
of narrowing of the scope in spots.
Jan 07: New draft to review here. The RTAR was
discussed. Dave Shipley will examine the question
of sample size. Bill will identify exactly what
research questions he wants to answer. The committee
provided other feedback to Bill. He will revise
the RTAR accordingly for e-mail vote by the Subcommittee,
so the TC can vote on it not later than June, for
submission to ASHRAE. TC 1.4 is very interested
in this topic, but would emphasize different aspects.
Bill will continue to work with them on a joint
document. TC 7.5 might also be interested, and maybe
TC 7.4 as well. Bill will decide whether he wants
to pursue those options. |
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2
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RTAR 1528: User Interface Design for Advanced System Operation |
TC 1.4
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Jan 08 report: This RTAR, authored by TC 1.4, was submitted as our Priority 2 last August. It is being
evaluated at this meeting. |
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3
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RTAR 2005-57: Utilization of Random Sampling Technology
in Performing Building Commissioning |
Kristin Heinemeier
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Jan 06 report: Kristin has drafted a new version
of the RTAR. Comments welcome. Dave and Chad Dorgan
will both be providing feedback.
Jun 06 report: No progress at this meeting.
Jan 07 report: This project idea was discussed
and is interesting to several subcommittee members.
Kristin's schedule as TC Chair does not permit
her to push this one forward to the work statement
phase, so it needs a new champion. Jay Enck will
review the current RTAR and preceding comments
and once he considers it ready the subcommittee
will vote on it by e-mail for consideration by
the TC. We hope to get the revised version to
ASHRAE by June. Then development of the work statement
will be after that.
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4
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RTAR 2005-56: The Impact of Commissioning on
Comfort |
Dave Shipley
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RTAR drafted, submitted, and returned with comments.
The author revised the RTAR and submitted the
new version with the TC's research plan after
Nashville. Work has not yet begun on a work statement.
(Jan. 2005)
June 06 report: Dave contacted the PI at UNLV
for a project to study comfort and IEQ in buildings
and heard back from Davor Novosel of NCEMBT. They
funded the project, which went ahead without ASHRAE
funding. He will meet with Davor on Sunday after
the TC meeting. Final report on 10 offices will
be available soon, likely on NCEMBT website. No
action on writing the RTAR until after this report
is available.
Jan 07: report from NCEMBT not yet received. No
action for the Subcommittee, but Dave will ask
Davor again.
For New York (Jan 08): NCEMBT has provided
Dave Shipley with access to the dataset from their
project, and he no longer has any excuses. He
will take a look at the data and see if it can
act as a base case for this study and if it can
help estimate sample sizes for projects like this.
He aims to bring some preliminary information
to the research subcommittee in January.
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5
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WS 1241 - Impact of Commissioning HVAC Systems
on Life Cycle Cost |
Kristin Heinemeier
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Jan 06 report: We have tried to move this forward
a number of times. Other outside ASHRAE have been
moving forward on this topic. Still need to identify
gaps ASHRAE could fill. Kristin talked about the
LBL study and ongoing work on that. Natascha talked
about IEA efforts to collect data on cost/benefit
of Cx, through Annex 47. She will distribute a report
on their efforts. We will wait to see the protocol
developed by IEA before proceeding with any further
with development of this WS.
Jun 06 report: Protocol is developed and will
shortly be up on IEA website. Natascha handed out
a newsletter. Database will be collected over the
next while. They are soliciting case study information
and data internationally. Aim to collect information
on 30 projects this year. Research subcommittee
members should review the protocol when it is available,
but no action on the RTAR is required.
Jan 07: the protocol is on the IEA website. There
are 9 case study projects collected, but the database
has not been built. No action required, but all
our other research ideas are parts of eventually
being able to answer this question. |
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Field-Based Evaluation of Methods for Commissioning
DDC Systems |
Larry Fisher
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Larry Fisher has agreed to write the RTAR and
seek TC 1.4 Control Theory and Application as a
co-sponsor. (June 2004)
Jan 06 report: Ken will check with Larry and
get info to Dave. Larry did not respond, because
of international travel.
Jan 07: Ken will ask Larry one more time about this.
Possibly the best thing to do would be to take this
away from Larry and appoint another champion. That
person is Ken Gillespie. |
Current Research Projects
The Research Subcommittee is represented
on the monitoring subcommittee for 1274-RP, which was
co-sponsored by this TC.
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Title
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Sponsoring TC
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Contractor
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Most recent status
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| 1274-RP:
Field Performance Assessment of Packaged Equipment
to Quantify the Benefits of Proper Service and Assessing
the Long Term Need for Monitoring, FDD, and Continuous
Commissioning Technology |
7.5, Smart Building Systems
Co-sponsored by TC 7.9
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ADM Associates, Inc.
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Sponsored by 7.5 (formerly 4.11; Prioritized
RTAR.
This project went out to bid and three bids were
received. Project has been awarded to ADM Associates,
Sacramento, CA. Ken Peet is TC 7.9 rep on the PMS.
First meeting was in Nashville. (June 2004)
Jan 06 report: lots of progress made.
June 06: There were quite a few issues with
this project as reported at the Quebec City meeting.
Jan 07: We'll be looking for a report on whether
things have got back on track. Ken Peet received
a 43-page document just before this meeting. Things
are improving. Todd Rossi will not be here, but
someone else from his org will be here to run the
PMS. Ken had not heard anything until this latest
document. The project is a couple of years late,
but is getting close to a final report. PMS meeting
at 4 pm today. Had a lot of trouble in the beginning
with procedures - things like: they were taking
measurements at different times, so that conditions
had time to change a lot in between. It was hard
to iron out all these issues, but things eventually
got back on track. Contractor has always been willing
to listen to feedback and to change, and has continued
to fulfill commitments. Final field data by Oct
2007. Final report should be next January.
Jan 08: This project is wrapping up. The contractor
has provided a draft
final report and also made a final
presentation to the PMS. |
Completed Research Projects
The Research Subcommittee co-sponsored
project 1032-RP, which is now complete. The Subcommittee
also closely followed 1137-RP, which was sponsored by
TC 1.4.
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Title
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Sponsoring TC
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Contractor
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Most recent status
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| 1137-RP: Field Performance Assessment of VAV Control
systems Before and After Commissioning |
1.4, Control Theory and Application
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Patrick Fleming/ Stantech Consulting
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Project is complete. Larry Fisher presented final
report at full TC meeting. (June 2004) |
| 1032-RP: Identification
and Preservation of Building Design Information
for Use in Commissioning and Operations |
1.5, Computer Applications
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PECI
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Reps on PMS: JR Anderson and Eli Howard. Project
complete, final report has been delivered, reviewed
at last meeting. Symposium will be held in Jan 2003.
(June 2002) |
Non-prioritized Research Ideas
The Research Subcommittee has identified a large
number of research ideas over the past several years. Many
of these are described on one-page write-ups or RTARs, and
several were developed as work statements. The research ideas
that have been written up are summarized in the table below.
Other research ideas that have never been written up can be
found in the old Research Reports, on the Meetings page.
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Title
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Author
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Documents
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Most recent status
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| M&V for Cx |
Kristin Heinemeier
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California Commissioning Collaborative is starting
a project on this topic, so the Subcommittee decided
to drop the topic. (Jan. 2007) |
| Methods of Improving Persistence of Commissioning
Savings in Control Systems |
Ken Peet, David Underwood
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Seminar 26 at the January 2007 meeting
addressed this topic. This seminar was proposed
to find out what is already known and to identify
any gaps. Any new topics arising from that seminar
can be proposed as a new research topic. The Subcommittee
decided to drop this topic, however. (Jan. 2007) |
| One Time vs Short-Term vs Seasonal Testing of
Air-Handling Units |
Mingsheng Liu
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This was put on hold until WS-1092, but the original
author has been too busy to take further action
since then. The Subcommittee decided to drop the
topic. (Jan. 2007) |
| WS 1312 - Tools for Evaluating Fault Detection
and Diagnostic Methods for Air-Handling Units |
John House
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This draft work statement was presented to the
Subcommittee at Anaheim. Members had some questions
about it, which were not fully resolved during the
discussion. The Subcommittee expressed interest
in the work statement, and planned to consider it
again at the meeting in Nashville. (Jan. 2004) |
| WS 1115 - Identification of Ideal Monitoring
Data Points for Comnmissioning Support During HVAC
Design |
Dave Shipley
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Submitted, accepted, and contractor selected
before Tech Council turned it back. We believe some
parts may be done by others, so we will reassess
need for project, and rescope/redraft WS if necessary.
Dave will follow up with Ken Gillespie (PG&E), PECI,
and TC1.7 (GPC 4) and make recommendation at next
meeting whether to resubmit or drop. (January
2002 - Decision was made in June 2002 to drop this
work statement and monitor parallel work by CEC
PIER program.) |
| Quantifying Building Energy Performance Persistence
of Savings after Retro-Commissioning |
Needs champion
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RTAR was rejected with comments. Author revised
RTAR. However, much of this work has been done….need
to revise to focus on any gaps. (June 2002) |
| Development and Implementation of Commissioning
Strategies for Optimal Control Evaluation |
Dave Shipley
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Deleted after June 2002 meeting, due to lack of
action/interest from TC 4.6. (June 2002) |
| The Building Automation System's Role in Commissioning
of HVAC Systems |
Jim Gartner
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Deleted after June 2002 meeting due to lack of
action/interest from TC 1.4 or from IEA Annex 40
participants. (June 2002) |
| Diagnostic tools for maintenance, operating and
commissioning cost optimization |
Tom Tamblyn
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No further action was taken on this research
idea, due to lack of action/interest from TC 1.8.
(Feb 2000) |
Other Research Documents
Research Plans: Previous versions of
our Research Plans may be found in the meetings
area of this site.
Research Meeting Notes: Notes on previous
Research Subcommittee meetings may be found in the meetings
area of this site.
Sample Size Calculator: In the development
of one of our work statements, the Research Subcommittee needed
to calculate the sample size required to obtain statistically
significant results. We developed a simple
spreadsheet for making this calculation, based on the
answers to several questions. We are providing the spreadsheet
without restriction. Remember, it's usually best to have someone
with a good understanding of statistics take a look at your
experimental design, so you don't waste time and money collecting
data that don't successfully answer the research questions.
Additional Research Ideas: In February
2000, Kenneth Gillespie, of PG&E (contact information on members-only
TC website) submitted a list of 27 additional
research ideas, with information on their status at that
time.
Subcommittee Membership: A list
of Research Subcommittee members is provided. TC members can
go to the members-only area
of the site to obtain contact information for the subcommittee
members.
Other Documents: Some additional documents are not
currently being provided on the public area of the site. TC
members can go to the members-only
area of the site to review them.
All files are in Adobe Acrobat format. The Adobe
Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free from the Adobe web
site. To download files using Internet Explorer,
Right-click the document name and choose "Save Target
As" option.
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Research
Chair:
Dave Shipley
Marbek Resource Consultants
eMail: Dave
Shipley (shipley@marbek.ca)
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