We have 500 Fan coil units in our project but they are not on BMS. Chiller, boiler, AHUs and other HVAC units are on BMS. So my question is should we integrate the FCUs on BMS to achieve this point or not?
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Pierce Holstrom
Director of EngineeringEnvironmental Building Strategies
69 thumbs up
July 28, 2010 - 11:29 am
If this is a typical office space, the credit requires all of the Fan Coils to be at least scheduled and monitored by the BMS. The intent off this credit:
"To provide information to support the ongoing accountability and optimization of building energy performance and identify opportunities for additional energy-saving investments."
The 500 fans in these fan coils certainly fall within an opportunity for "energy-saving investments".
Ashu Gupta
Project Engineer67 thumbs up
July 30, 2010 - 5:59 am
Thanks Holstrom!
our entity is hotel in which rooms having a master control key. In this condition BMS would required for rooms or not?
Pierce Holstrom
Director of EngineeringEnvironmental Building Strategies
69 thumbs up
July 30, 2010 - 11:10 am
Again, I think this is the same as the light questions before, if the AC is running it's using energy. Since this is a hospitality application we don't want to take control from the geusts, but it is valuable to know if the AC is running while the key is at the front desk and no one is using the room.
I know the Trane PTAC has a "Front Desk Contact Point" for low voltage on/off capability. Maybe something like this?