Current Labs Summary
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Labs Main Areas of Study
- Building Comfort Systems (BCS)
- Waste (WW)
- Water (W)
Current Experiments
Experiments in Design
- Building Energy Monitoring
- Electricity, Water, and Waste - Global at-a-glance metrics with easy to understand graphic representation
- Measurement & Verification (M&V) - Detailed M&V of building systems for continued system optimization and persistence of improvements made to systems
Experiments in Operation
Short Term
- Studying Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)
- Cooling & Dehumidification Measurement & Verification
- Rainwater Usage Study - Water Lab
On-Going
- Trash Tracker - weekly measurement of waste and monitoring of recycling and waste reduction successes
- GG In Residence Business Plug Load Study - analysis and reporting phase
- GG Refrigerator Energy Usage & Control Optimization - analysis and reporting phase
- Solar Thermal Panel Performance & Optimization - analysis and reporting phase; system control tweaks and verification
- Air Filter Gauges for Filter Change Monitoring - reporting phase
Past Experiments
- Blower Door Test - Ventilation & Dehumidification Lab
- Trash Audit - Waste Lab
- Natural Ventilation Guidelines - Building Comfort Systems Lab
- Earth Room Performance - Building Comfort Systems Lab
Development
Studies
- Wireless Thermostat Study (Completed 11/18/2011)
Resources
- Labs Idea Bin
- New Lab Template - Wiki outline of individual Lab
- New Labs Experiment Template - Wiki outline of individual Experiment
- Experiment Tracker - summary of all experiments & experiment project management
- Experiment Workbook Template - report template for actual conducting of experiment
Questions
- Who is interested in working on an experiment?
TO DO
- Finalize experiment tracker spreadsheet & implement on Wiki - see [Sustainability Labs TO DO]
