Federal Office Building
Building Retro-Commissioning
Philadelphia, PA
Special Features: HVAC Engineering, Design-Build, Secure, Occupied Federal Office
Building, Energy Star Certification
As a result of the re-engineering of this large building’s sequence of operations and
by modifying existing equipment, Energy Star Certification was achieved without the
purchase of any major new equipment. The building went from an energy rating of
52 to 78. Today, energy savings are near 40% compared to the previous three years!
Energy Saving Measures
- Air balanced and set new performance parameters of 250 Variable Air Volume Boxes
- Retro-Commissioned (4) 50-ton Air Handling Units
- Implemented New Sequence of Operations
- Installed Variable Frequency Drives
- Optimized Chiller Plant