Optimizing Residential HVAC Systems: Evaluating How the Usage of Smart Diagnostic Tools for Quality Installation and Commissioning Impacts System Performance and HVAC Contractor Businesses

Hugh Allen-Magande; Bryant Hains; Zachary Delk; Caroline Hazard; Jim Bergmann; Valerie Buckles

Optimizing Residential HVAC Systems: Evaluating How the Usage of Smart Diagnostic Tools for Quality Installation and Commissioning Impacts System Performance and HVAC Contractor Businesses

Hugh Allen-Magande, Bryant Hains, Zachary Delk, Caroline Hazard, Jim Bergmann, Valerie Buckles

Building Technologies and Science Center

Southface Institute

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Abstract

The adoption of digital quality installation and fault detection tools has the potential to transform the $14 billon residential HVAC service and installation industry. Increased market penetration can be accelerated by providing an increased understanding of the energy and economic value proposition of the usage of these tools. In tandem with energy and HVAC system performance impact research and analysis, the Southface Team investigated the economic business implications for HVAC service and installation contractors adopting the use of measureQuick, a quality installation and fault detection app that works agnostically with Bluetooth-enabled HVAC technician tools.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	90
State	Published - 2024

Bibliographical note

Work performed by Southface Energy Institute, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia

NREL Publication Number

NREL/TP-5500-88387

Other Report Number

DOE/GO-102024-6140

Keywords

air handling unit
air quality
automated fault detection
automatic expansion valve
Building America
condensing unit
fault detection
HVAC
measureQuick
Southface Energy Institute

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