[Equest-users] Temperature Setback

Karen Walkerman kwalkerman at gmail.com
Wed Oct 8 07:10:44 PDT 2008


what is the HVAC system type?  A building file would be helpful in answering
your question.
Also, are you resetting the temperature in the thermostat schedule, or just
in the HVAC system tab?  Try resetting the temperature in the schedule and
leaving the HVAC system input unchanged.

--
Karen

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Sam Alpert <Sam.Alpert at gdsassociates.com>wrote:

> When modeling an industrial building, I am trying to implement a
> increase in the baseline temperature setpoint for summer cooling. To do
> so I increased the setpoint in the HVAC Air-side system entry from 70 to
> 74 and therefore the building should be using less energy to cool the
> building (located in Massachusetts) in the summer time.
>
> Why in this case is the energy usage (for space cooling) increasing
> after implementing this energy-saving measure?
>
> I can send over a building file if need be to analyze my problem.
> Thanks,
> Sam Alpert
> Engineer
> GDS Associates, Inc.
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