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    Demand control ventilation (DCV) is a system that automatically reduces outdoor air intake when occupancy is lower than the design level to save energy. DCV works well in spaces like classrooms that have varying occupancy. It is most effective at reducing fan energy use in moderate or cold climates by meeting indoor air quality needs while lowering ventilation rates. Modeling DCV in DesignBuilder involves enabling it on the air handling unit, selecting an outdoor air control method, setting up CO2 sensors and zones, and checking that ventilation rates and CO2 levels adjust appropriately based on occupancy.

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    Demand control ventilation (DCV) is a system that automatically reduces outdoor air intake when occupancy is lower than the design level to save energy. DCV works well in spaces like classrooms that have varying occupancy. It is most effective at reducing fan energy use in moderate or cold climates by meeting indoor air quality needs while lowering ventilation rates. Modeling DCV in DesignBuilder involves enabling it on the air handling unit, selecting an outdoor air control method, setting up CO2 sensors and zones, and checking that ventilation rates and CO2 levels adjust appropriately based on occupancy.

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    DCV Modelling: Demand Controlled Ventilation and Sustainability

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    Demand control ventilation (DCV) is a system that automatically reduces outdoor air intake when occupancy is lower than the design level to save energy. DCV works well in spaces like classrooms that have varying occupancy. It is most effective at reducing fan energy use in moderate or cold climates by meeting indoor air quality needs while lowering ventilation rates. Modeling DCV in DesignBuilder involves enabling it on the air handling unit, selecting an outdoor air control method, setting up CO2 sensors and zones, and checking that ventilation rates and CO2 levels adjust appropriately based on occupancy.

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    Demandcontrolventilation(DCV)isaventilationsystemcapabilitythatprovidesautomaticreductionofoutdoorairintake
    belowdesignrateswhentheactualoccupancyofspacesservedbythesystemislessthandesignoccupancy.Inmost
    commercialbuildingsventilationisprovidedtodealwithtwotypesofindoorpollution:odoursfrompeople,andoffgassing
    frombuildingcomponentsandfurniture.Whenaspaceisvacant,ithasnopeoplepollutionsothepeoplerelatedventilation
    rateisnotneeded.Manytypesofhighoccupancyspaces,suchasclassrooms,multipurposerooms,theatres,conference
    rooms,orlobbieshaveventilationdesignedforahighpeakoccupancythatrarelyoccurs.

    DemandcontrolledventilationhasthepotentialtoprovidesignificantHVACenergysavingsbyconditioningonlytheamount
    ofventilationairnecessarytomaintaingoodindoorairquality.Itcanbeparticularlyeffectiveinbuildingsorzonesthathave
    widelyvaryingoccupancy.

    DCVismostsuccessfulwhenreducingventilationratesandsoreducingfanenergyusewhenmeetingthedemandsof
    indoorairquality(IAQ).Itisnotnecessarilysosuccessful,inenergyterms,forhighdesigncoolingloads,sinceairflowswill
    increaseabovetherequiredIAQminimumtomeetspacecoolingloads.Practically,thisislikelytomeanthatIAQdriven
    DCVismosteffectiveinASHRAEclimatezones4andabove.

    SchematicofatypicalDCVsystemfromDemandControlledVentilationandSustainabilitywithpermissionfromauthor
    TomLawrenceandASHRAE.

    SOSTMDCVIDB

    ThissectionprovidesasummaryofthestepsrequiredtomodelanairsystemwithDCVoutdooraircontrolin
    DesignBuilder.

    1.MakesureyouareusingDetailedHVAC.
    2.OntheOutdoorairsystemtaboftheAHUdialogundertheDemandControlledVentilationheader,switchon
    Demandcontrolledventilation.RecirculationmustbeselectedontheAHUdialogtoenablethissetting.
    3.SelecttheSystemoutdoorairmethod(VRP,IAQPetc).
    4.EnsurethattheSimulateCO2concentrationoptionatsitelevelontheLocationtabundertheSiteDetails>Outdoor
    AirCO2andContaminantsheadersisswitchedon.
    5.IfoneoftheIAQPmethodsareselectedthentheCO2andcontaminantcontroloptionmustbesetontheHVAC
    ZonedialogforatleastonezoneconnectedtotheAHU.CO2setpointsmustalsobeset.Thisisdoneonthe
    ActivitytabundertheCO2/ContaminantSetpointsheaderiftheSimpleHVACactivitydataoptionisbeingusedoron
    theHVACzonedialogifusingtheDetailedHVACactivitydataoption.
    6.YoucancheckthesuccessoftheDCVcontrolinvariousways,forexample:
    1.Usetheac/hdataforzonesandforthebuildingwithinDesignBuilder:

    2.CheckCO2levelswithinselectedzonesusingtheResultsViewer.YoushouldfindthattheZoneAirCO2
    Concentrationreportisautomaticallyincludedinthe.esooutputfilewhenDCVcontrolhasbeenspecified.

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