- A rational building is one which employs principles of rational use and optimization of its green resources.
- It works with a holistic view of usage of all resources at any time, not just energy but along with it of water, air, gas and carbon.
- Rational approach involves a decision making method in which appropriate choices based on reason, facts and need are carefully selected based on priority.
- All other resources are treated like energy discussed in details here
- With focus on commercial customers, HVAC is a primary source of optimization
- 50% of commercial building's electricity cost can be due to HVAC and targeting 20% savings in HVAC can lead to 10% overall savings
- HVAC includes central chillers, packaged AC, window units, the VFDs and AHUs and cooling towers and their energy consumption
- What we manage is the critical areas and user defined comfort level. The system learns and adapts to these non-negotiable parameters and delivers operating conditions that lead to 15-20% savings in HVAC
