Energy consumption optimization plays an important role in building management and operation, particularly in the hotel sector, where that concern should be present and reflected at the design stage, i.e. in the early stage of project development, since it is at this stage, that with a small effort of the design team by way of its involvement and interaction, can yield important results in the building outcome in terms of energy optimization.
It was in this context, that we performed a detailed simulation and cost analysis of several possible HVAC solutions, quantifying the energy consumption and operating costs associated with each HVAC options that were under consideration.