INTEGRATING INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS

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1 INTEGRATING INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS William P. Bahnfleth, Ph.D., P.E., FASHRAE, FASME Indoor Environment Center, The Pennsylvania State University

2 Outline Connection between indoor air quality and energy use Importance of indoor air quality (IAQ) Current status of IAQ control Efficient IAQ technologies Integrating IAQ and energy efficiency

3 Energy conservation and ambient environment are high priorities Component efficiency Reduced system energy use intensity Stratospheric ozone depletion Global climate change Alternative fuels Conservation and protection of water supplies

4 Buildings are the largest energy enduse sector ~ 40% of US primary energy use 22% residential /18% commercial Source: US Energy Information Administration (2010)

5 Priority of energy, ambient environment apparent in law, policy, programs US Energy Laws National Energy Conservation Policy Act (1978, amended) Energy Policy Act of 1992 Energy Policy Act of 2005 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Other Public and Private Initiatives Montreal Protocol (1987, amended Kyoto Protocol (1997, amended) Directive on Electricity Production from Renewable Energy Sources (EU, 2001) Directive on the energy performance of buildings (EU, 2002) ASHRAE Vision 2020 many others

6 More than half of building energy use is for environmental control US buildings, all types Space heating 37% Lighting 10% Space cooling 9% Ventilation 3% TOTAL 59% HVAC 46% Source: US DOE Buildings Energy Data Book (2010)

7 That all people should have free access to air and water of acceptable quality is a fundamental human right. ~World Health Organization, Air Quality Guidelines for Europe, 2 nd ed. An energy declaration without a declaration related to the indoor environment makes no sense. ~Bjarne Olesen, Olli Seppänen, Atze Boerstra. Criteria for the Indoor Environment for Energy Performance Of Buildings A New European Standard.

8 Importance of IEQ - asthma According to US CDC based on data collected in 2007, 2008, % of population/26 million people affected 10.5 million missed school days 14.2 million missed work days 475,000 hospital stays 3,447 deaths Asthma triggers (CDC) ETS Dust mites Outdoor air pollution Cockroach allergens Pets Mold Wood smoke Respiratory infections

9 Poor IAQ/IEQ is costly national scale (Fisk, W. How IEQ Affects Health, Productivity. ASHRAE J., May 2000) Potential health and productivity saving Lower from Source of Gain Potential Annual Benefits $ ( ) Billion feasible IAQ and IEQ improvements Reduced Respiratory Illness Reduced Allergies and Asthma Reduced Sick Building Syndrome Symptoms Million Avoided Cases of Common Cold or Influenza 8% - 25% Decrease in Symptoms - 53 Million Allergy Sufferers, 16 Million Asthmatics 20% - 50% Less SBS Symptoms at Work for ~15 Million Workers (2012) Higher $ ( ) Billion (2012) 9 (6.8) 21 (15.8) 1 (0.8) 6 (4.5) 15 (11.3) 44 (33.1) Lighting/ Thermal Gain 30 (22.6) 237 (178.2) TOTAL 55 (41.4) 308 (231.6)

10 IAQ benefits are worth more than energy savings Value of the health and productivity of building occupants can be more than an order of magnitude greater than the cost of the energy it consumes Annual energy cost: $1 - $3/ft 2 (~ 9 25/m 2 ) Annual functional costs: $80 - $600/ft 2 (~ /m 2 )

11 IAQ kills millions in developing economies Estimated 4.3 million excess deaths in 2012 due to indoor air, mostly solid fuel combustion (WHO 2014)

12 Practical knowledge of IAQ is limited Factors correlated with perceived air quality and air quality problems Dampness Ventilation rate Building materials and other sources Indoor air chemistry Not enough known to prescribe specific control levels for most contaminants and for mixtures of many interacting contaminants

13 Methods are few and simple - Source control Task ventilation and general ventilation dilute Non-specific particulate filtration inorganic, viable and non-viable organic Moisture control prevent mold growth and the basis for ventilation rates is fundamentally subjective impression of people

14 ASHRAE Standard 62.1 Acceptable Indoor Air Quality: air in which there are no known contaminants at harmful concentrations as determined by cognizant authorities and with which a substantial majority (80% or more) of the people exposed do not express dissatisfaction.

15 Comfort vs. Sensory Load &Ventilation 1 olf sensory load (1 sedentary adult) Note definition of class A ventilation 10 L/s-olf Fanger, P. O. (2008) Perceived Air Quality and Ventilation Requirements in Indoor Air Quality Handbook, J. Spengler, J. McCarthy and J. Samet eds.

16 ASHRAE Standard Air Quality

17 Ventilation rates too low? SBS Symptoms Source: W. Fisk, A Mirer, M. Mendell Quantitative relationship of sick building syndrome symptoms with ventilation rates. Indoor Air

18 Ventilation rates too low? Productivity Source: Seppänen, O. and W. Fisk Some Quantitative Relations between Indoor Environmental Quality and Work Performance or Health. HVAC&R Research.

19 Ventilation rates too low? Decision Making Ability Source: Satish, U., M. Mendell, K. Shekhar, T. Hotchi, D. Sullivan, S. Streufert, and W. Fisk Is CO 2 an Indoor Pollutant? Direct Effects of Low-to-Moderate CO 2 Concentrations on Human Decision- Making Performance. Env. Health Perspectives 20(12):

20 Ventilation rates too low? Infection Wells-Riley model ipqt V P = 1 exp ηv + ηf + ηd Air change rate (η) affect probability of airborne infection (P) Source: Sun, Y., Z. Wang, Y. Zhang, J. Sundell. 2011, In China, Students in Crowded Dormitories with a Low Ventilation Rate Have More Common Colds: Evidence for Airborne Transmission. PLoS ONE 6(11) e27140.

21 Are we doing enough to support indoor air quality? Probably not Typical HVAC designer Assumes code/standard compliance provides good IAQ Focuses on minimizing energy use/cost, carbon emissions Has limited awareness of costs of bad IAQ and has difficulty applying published research to practice

22 Achieving High IAQ Efficiently Natural ventilation Energy recovery from ventilation air Dedicated outside air systems Air treatment as a substitute/supplement for ventilation Allowance for intermittent occupancy Dynamic ventilation control all permitted by ASHRAE Standard 62.1, encouraged by 90.1

23 Achieving High IAQ Efficiently US Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy Efficient Design (LEED) Rating System Increased ventilation (ASHRAE 62.1 or CEN Standard EN 15251: %) Dynamic ventilation Natural ventilation Low emission materials

24 Integrating IAQ and Energy Efficiency Design emphasis is imbalanced IAQ is reduced to code ventilation rate Real effort goes into energy efficiency evaluation and optimization of system alternatives using modeling Few simulation tools have integrate coupled simulation of energy and IAQ In the research arena, IAQ and energy are mainly the domains of different communities that work independently

25 Elements of an integrated analysis Energy simulation Thermal Equipment performance Air (and contaminant) flow modeling Multizone (e.g. CONTAM) CFD IAQ performance modeling Economic analysis

26 Studies directed at integrated design: Fisk, et al., effect of economizer Fisk, W., D. Faulkner, O. Seppänen, J. Huang Economic Benefits of an Economizer System: Energy Savings and Reduced Sick Leave. ASHRAE Transactions 111(2). Would not classify as a low energy IAQ technology because IAQ benefit, if realized, is accidental Combines energy modeling with Wells-Riley based sick leave analysis for two-story office in Washington DC.

27 Fisk, et al. results Health benefit is 3 8 times greater than energy savings

28 Studies directed at integrated design: Johansson Life cycle optimization Johansson, D The life cycle costs of indoor climate systems in dwellings and offices taking into account system choice, airflow rate, health and productivity. Building and Environment (44): PhD dissertation cost-optimal system and ventilation rate selection based on equipment, energy, health/productivity cost

29 Johansson representative result: optimal ventilation vs. salary in an office -Cost to occupants has a significant effect on desirable ventilation rate -Lower energy HVAC makes higher ventilation rate cost effective

30 Summary Environmental control uses a lot of energy, but value of good IAQ/cost of poor IAQ is greater Science suggests different indoor design criteria are needed in some cases Technologies exist for providing better IAQ efficiently Progress will require better coordination of IAQ and construction fields research and tools