Commercial Buildings Research and Development

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Cleanrooms

Collage of various images associated with Cleanrooms research including: bar and pie charts, a chiller with a variable speed drive in the large rectangular enclosure, the interior of a cleanroom, a vacuum pump, the supply ducts of a HVAC air system, and a illustration of a fan filter unit cleanroom layout and cooling coil in cleanroom and interstitial space.

Motivation / Problem Statement

Large constant demand, little prior research / dramatically reduce demand while improving cleanroom performance.

Activities / Approach

Research roadmap, benchmarking, case studies, specialized studies / industry involvement.

Accomplishments / Outcomes

Energy benchmarking, case studies, programming guide, demand controlled filtration, best practice summaries, http://hightech.lbl.gov.

Future / Follow-on

Follow the roadmap.

Relationship to Other Projects

Many solutions are applicable to other building.

Principal Investigator

  • William Tschudi
  • (510) 495-2417

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