School HVAC savings opportunity
$105,000 in estimated annual savings
Building
- Type
- School
- Size
- 220,000 sq ft
- Controls
- Existing BAS, no new hardware
Finding
- Heating and cooling running simultaneously across multiple units
- Equipment schedules that didn't match how the building is actually occupied, including weekend and early-morning runtime
- Economizer and control-sequence faults quietly shifting load onto mechanical cooling and reheat
Action Recommended
Many of the identified fixes are schedule and setpoint changes that an existing controls contractor can make during normal maintenance.
Outcome
$105,000/yr
Estimated annual savings opportunity, identified from BAS trend data.
A six-figure opportunity in a single building, identified without a retrofit or a single new sensor.
