How To Size A Waterside Economizer Part 1: How ASHRAE 90.1 Updates Have (Or WILL) Change Chilled Water Design

Has your state adopted ASHRAE 90.1-2010 or beyond into its commercial building code? If so, then it is highly likely that you should be incorporating either waterside or airside economizing into your cooling design. The Standard has effectively made air or waterside economizing a requirement in virtually every…

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Designing Waterside Economizer Piping to Meet ASHRAE 90.1 - 2010

By Chris Edmondson 

Gone are the days of optional air or waterside economizing.  Gone also are the days of waterside economizers piped in parallel.  In other words, the “either/or” operation of the chillers and economizers that we’re all accustomed to will soon be a thing of the past.

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