ACTIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS

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ACTIVE ENERGY:

The electric receivers powered by electric

current transform the energy into mechanical
work and heat.
ACTIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS :

Active Systems are required for maintaining the

desired environmental conditions within a
space by using electrical/mechanical energy.

ACTIVE BUILDING SYSTEMS

• Principally Mechanical (HVAC)

• Automatic Valves, Dampers etc
• Lighting Controls
• Occupancy Controls
• Demand Management & Peak Shaving
• Elaborate monitoring schemes (Intelligent Systems)

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 ACTIVE COOLING SYSTEM is one that involves the use of energy to cool
something, as opposed to passive cooling that uses no energy.

Such systems circulate a coolant to transfer heat from one place to

another.
The coolant is either a gas, such as in air cooling of computers, or a liquid
such as in a car engine.
In the latter case, liquid is pumped to transfer heat from the engine to the
radiator, which in turn is cooled by passing air over it.
Other active cooling systems make use of a refrigeration cycle.

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ADVANTAGES OF ACTIVE SYSTEMS

• High Performance when properly operated and maintained

• Integrates multiple systems into a single “front end”
• Advanced Analytics and Real-Time performance monitoring
• Maintenance alerts via alarm
• Infinitely customizable down to the individual office
• High “Cool” Factor Active Building Systems
DISADVANTAGES OF ACTIVE BUILDING SYSTEMS

High First Cost (Known)

High Maintenance Costs (More Difficult to Predict)
Requires Periodic Updates
Hidden Interdependencies
Skill Gap
Requires new and different skills
Without proper (i.e. costly) maintenance performance deteriorates quickly Active Build

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CRITERIA FOR CLIMATE CONTROL DESIGN:

1. Performance requirements
2. Capacity requirements
3. Spatial requirements
4. First cost
5. Operating cost
6. Energy use
7. Reliability
8. Flexibility
9. Maintainability

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ACTIVE DESIGN :

Active design is a structure or system that either uses or is able to

produce electricity itself, which is something that describes the
overwhelming majority of buildings that exist.

To put this into context, if a passive design provides ventilation and

heating using natural ‘non powered’ systems, a building using active
design will achieve the same end, but have to use technologies such
as solar panels, heat recovery systems, or the use of renewable
energy sources such as wind turbines.