Optimum Energy’s OptimumAIR module for its energy optimization
platform delivers up to 40 percent energy savings for campuses and
commercial buildings
Campuses and commercial buildings can cut energy use from HVAC systems
20 to 40 percent with Optimum
Energy’s new OptimumAIR™ module for the OptiCx™ optimization
platform, which makes its official debut at the IDEA Campus Energy 2016
Conference.
OptimumAIR
automatically adjusts airflow from direct digital control (DDC) variable
air volume systems to use the least amount of fan power, chilled water
and heating energy possible while meeting building temperature, humidity
and airflow requirements.
Soft-launched last year, OptimumAIR is already proving its power in
real-world operating conditions at nine Optimum Energy customer sites
around the globe.
In contrast to conventional controllers, which maintain static
temperatures and pressures or optimize based on “worst case” zones,
OptimumAIR provides continuous system-level optimization. It works by
using patented demand-based relational control algorithms to read the
actual airflow required for building comfort and automatically
regulating energy exchange across the chiller plant, boiler plant and
air-handling unit (AHU) system in real time.
“Our first customers are seeing the OptiCx Platform with OptimumAIR make
a substantial contribution to achieving campus and corporate
sustainability goals,” said Ben Erpelding, Optimum Energy’s CTO.
“OptimumAIR really amps up our customers’ ability to cut energy and
water use dramatically, saving resources and money.”
The cloud-based OptiCx Platform seamlessly optimizes all aspects of
enterprise-grade HVAC: chilled water plant, boiler plant and
air-handling systems. Its modular approach allows customers to address
one system at a time—within a building or across far-flung
facilities—with the confidence that each new module will work with the
others to amplify savings. (Other OptiCx modules include OptimumLOOP™,
which optimizes centrifugal chilled water plants, and OptimumHEAT™ for
boiler systems.)
The
OptiCx Platform also provides advanced machine learning and
diagnostic capabilities. With the Dynamic Sequencing option, the system
learns how chillers perform in various operating conditions and
equipment combinations, and then determines the most efficient chiller
run order. The Chiller Diagnostics option pinpoints equipment problems
and recommends solutions. The Predictive Free Cooling option taps
real-time weather data to enable free cooling periods. And Real-Time
Dynamic Commissioning™ detects performance issues and recommends fixes,
enabling technicians to perform just-in-time maintenance remotely.
About Optimum Energy
Optimum Energy (http://optimumenergyco.com/)
helps higher-education customers and others shrink their carbon
footprint and achieve sustainability targets by reducing energy use in
HVAC systems, the largest consumer of energy in buildings. The OptiCx
Platform combines advanced HVAC optimization software with world-class
expertise in system design and operations. It’s a proven, measurable
approach that verifiably reduces resource usage—electricity, water and
natural gas—while providing detailed insights into how building systems
are operating. The result is vastly improved operating efficiency,
increased energy savings and reduced carbon emissions.
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