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The primary goal of the research described in this paper was to apply a decoupling-based fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) technique and economic assessment method to light commercial cooling and heating equipment in California. The paper describes the decouplingbased FDD methodology and the economic assessment method. The methods have been applied to a number of field sites. Detailed results are given for a single site and summary results are given for the other sites. About 70% of the investigated systems were impacted by faults and about 40% had more than one fault. Service was justified for about 40% of the units. The FDD technique was able to diagnose most of the existing faults. The estimated 10-year cost savings for FDD ranged from about $800 to $1700 per ton.

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Panels of the 2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Panel 1. Residential Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends

Panel 2. Residential Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Panel 3. Commercial Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends

Panel 4. Commercial Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Panel 5. Utility Regulation and Deregulation: Incentives, Strategies, and Policies

Panel 6. Market Transformation: Designing for Lasting Change

Panel 7. Human and Social Dimensions of Energy Use: Trends and Their Implications

Panel 8. Energy and Environmental Policy: Changing the Climate for Energy Efficiency

Panel 9. Efficient Buildings in Efficient Communities

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