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Energy Conservation Opportunities 255: Ecos

This document discusses several energy conservation opportunities for lighting systems and HVAC controls. It recommends regularly inspecting and cleaning lamps and fixtures to maintain light output. It also suggests replacing older fluorescent lighting components like T12 lamps with more efficient T8 or T10 lamps and electronic ballasts, which can save 20-40% on energy costs. Finally, it mentions that utilities are offering demand-side management programs that provide incentives for energy efficient retrofits and replacements, including for HVAC and lighting systems, to influence customer electricity use.

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Energy Conservation Opportunities 255: Ecos

This document discusses several energy conservation opportunities for lighting systems and HVAC controls. It recommends regularly inspecting and cleaning lamps and fixtures to maintain light output. It also suggests replacing older fluorescent lighting components like T12 lamps with more efficient T8 or T10 lamps and electronic ballasts, which can save 20-40% on energy costs. Finally, it mentions that utilities are offering demand-side management programs that provide incentives for energy efficient retrofits and replacements, including for HVAC and lighting systems, to influence customer electricity use.

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Energy Conservation Opportunities 255

• Change the location of thermostats from areas subject to


extreme temperature fluctuations or vibrations, such as next
to a heating or cooling unit, window, outside wall or wall
with a lot of vibration.

• Remove moisture, oil and dirt from pneumatic control lines.

• Clean contacts on electrical controls.

• Calibrate controllers.

• Ensure that control valves and dampers are operating prop-


erly.

• Check that three-way and two-way valves are installed cor-


rectly.

LIGHTING SYSTEMS

Electrical lighting is a major contributor to internal heat gain,


or cooling load. And, because it increases the cooling load, light-
ing causes an added use of energy to run the air conditioning
system, compressor and other components, including air condi-
tioning fans, chilled water pumps, and cooling tower and con-
denser water pumps and fans.
In addition to reducing overall energy consumption and
costs, and to lessen the cooling load or not increase it, consider the
following lighting energy conservation opportunities.

ECOs:
• Set up regular inspection and cleaning of lamps and fixtures.
The rule of thumb for interior light sources is that as the
useful life of the lamp decreases, there is also a drop in light
output. Dirt and dust that accumulates on lamps, fixtures
and lenses further reduce the quantity of light.
256 HVAC Fundamentals

• Replace lenses that are yellow or that have become hazy with
new acrylic lenses that do not yellow. Replace outdated or
damaged fixtures with those that are energy efficient and
easy to clean. Update fluorescent lighting systems with en-
ergy efficient ballasts, lamps and controls. Replace old stan-
dard magnetic ballasts with energy efficient magnetic
ballasts, cathode cutout ballasts, or electronic ballasts.

• Replace 40-watt T12 (l” diameter) lamps with either 34-watt


T12 or T10 (7/8" diameter) lamps, or 32-watt T8 (3/4" diam-
eter) lamps. Replacing T12 lamps with T10 or T8 lamps al-
lows room for a reflector to be installed in some fixtures. The
combination of the reflector and the smaller lamp allows
more light to come from the fixture. Therefore, it’s possible to
remove two lamps from a four-lamp fixture and maintain
appropriate light levels. Retrofitting lighting systems with
energy-efficient lamps and ballasts can produce savings of 20
to 40% over standard lamps and ballasts.

DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT

In an effort to influence customers’ electricity use, many elec-


tric utilities offer demand-side management (DSM) programs that
provide incentives for retrofit and replacement projects involving
energy-efficient systems, including those for HVAC, lighting, and
thermal energy storage (TES).
Utilities are restructuring DSM programs to include the
maintenance of HVAC systems that can lead to more efficient
energy use. Facilities and maintenance managers have long
known that efficient, effective preventive maintenance of certain
building systems, such as HVAC and lighting, can cut a building’s
energy use dramatically. One problem for managers has been
finding the time, money and support from facility executives that
would let them carry out these procedures properly. Utilities rec-
ognizing this opportunity are reshaping their DSM programs to

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