Source: Energy HVAC / Mike Kennedy / Feb. 3, 2023
In the nearly three years since Covid-19 called into question the healthfulness and safety of the nation’s education facilities, schools and universities have been forced to examine whether the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems that distribute air through classrooms and other school spaces are part of the problem.
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The energy intensity for cooling commercial buildings in the United States depends on the climate the building is located in. Energy intensity in buildings is the energy consumed per square foot of floorspace. U.S. commercial buildings in hot or very hot climates, which are primarily in the southernmost parts of the country, were more than six times more energy-intensive for cooling (14.2 thousand British thermal units per square foot [MBtu/sf]) than buildings in cold or very cold climates (2.3 MBtu/sf).