Energy Performance and Economic Evaluations of the Geothermal Heat Pump System used in the KnowledgeWorks I and II Buildings, Blacksburg, Virginia

dc.contributor.authorCharoenvisal, Kongkunen
dc.contributor.committeechairJones, James R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSchubert, Robert P.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRandolph, Johnen
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:41:15Zen
dc.date.adate2008-08-14en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:41:15Zen
dc.date.issued2008-06-18en
dc.date.rdate2008-08-14en
dc.date.sdate2008-07-09en
dc.description.abstractHeating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Systems (HVAC) are not only one of the most energy consuming components in buildings but also contribute to green house gas emissions. As a result often environmental design strategies are focused on the performance of these systems. New HVAC technologies such as Geothermal Heat Pump systems have relatively high performance efficiencies when compared to typical systems and therefore could be part of whole-building performance design strategies. In collaboration with the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, Inc., this research studies the energy consumption and cost benefits of the Geothermal Heat Pump System that has been integrated and operated in the KnowledgeWorks I and II buildings located on the Virginia Tech campus. The purpose of this thesis is to understand the energy and cost benefits of the Geothermal Heat Pumps System when compared to the conventional package variable air volume (VAV) with hot water coil heating and air-source heat pump systems using computer simulation and statistical models. The quantitative methods of building energy performance and life-cycle cost analyses are applied to evaluate the results of simulation models, the in-situ monitoring data, and the associated documents. This understanding can be expanded to the higher level of architectural systems integration.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07092008-220847en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07092008-220847/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33942en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
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dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectGeo-Exchangeen
dc.subjectSurface Water Source Heat Pumpen
dc.subjectGround Source Heat Pumpen
dc.subjectGeothermal Heat Pumpen
dc.titleEnergy Performance and Economic Evaluations of the Geothermal Heat Pump System used in the KnowledgeWorks I and II Buildings, Blacksburg, Virginiaen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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