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High-performance retail store with integrated HVAC systems.

Author(s) : GENEST F., MINEA V.

Summary

A new all-electric retail store located in Montreal, Canada, incorporates several design features to maximize the interactions between various building components. The two-story, high-performance, "green" commercial building is the result of an integrated energy design process and features ground-source heat pumps with radiant floors for space heating and cooling, improved building envelope, optimized natural lighting on the second floor, exhaust air energy recovery, and hybrid ventilation. A number of results, such as geothermal system operating parameters and building-specific energy performances, are presented. The final results show a specific annual energy consumption of 133.1 kWh/m2, while the reference building would be at 466 kWh/m2, for a reduction of 71.4%. Energy cost savings are CAD 24 per m2. [Reprinted with permission from ASHRAE. Copyright, 2006].

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  • Original title: High-performance retail store with integrated HVAC systems.
  • Record ID : 2007-1259
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Environment
  • Source: ASHRAE Transactions. 2006 Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada. Volume 112, part 2 + CD-ROM.
  • Publication date: 2006/06/25

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