What is a deep energy HVAC retrofit?
A deep energy HVAC retrofit refers to a whole-building analysis and construction procedure that achieves much higher savings on energy costs, sometimes more than 50 percent reduction than the standard energy retrofits.
The deep energy HVAC retrofit fundamentally improves your building’s value.
Most HVAC retrofits are considered light since they focus only on adding new motors to the existing HVAC system. This leaves out bigger savings from deeper measures such as new windows, potentially reducing cooling and heating loads. Typically, such interventions are not considered due to their high up-front cost and presumed higher risk. Building owners or homeowners implementing a deep energy HVAC retrofit factor in all significant capital required in their building over several years creates higher efficiency levels and other benefits. HVAC upgrades can be done once or in phases over several years, depending on your financing mechanism or budget. A deep energy HVAC retrofit can meet all your heating and cooling demands, in addition to several other benefits, many more than those achieved from a simple HVAC retrofit. Investors, occupants, and owners build the case for deep energy HVAC retrofits differently, depending on their heating and cooling needs. Owners of larger properties often have more resources to perform a comprehensive building analysis and achieve greater ability to derive benefits from their energy-efficient investment than smaller property owners. You will need to develop a critical action to make your retrofitting process a truly deep energy HVAC retrofit and decide when to implement your capital improvements based on your budget or financing mechanism.