Development of an integrated building load and ground source heat pump model to assess heat pump and ground loop design and performance in a commercial office building

Ground source heat pumps (GSHPs) offer an efficient method for cooling and heating buildings, reducing energy usage and operating cost. In hot, arid regions such as Texas and the southwest United States, building load imbalance towards cooling causes design and performance challenges to GSHP systems...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blair, Jacob Dale
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2014
Subjects:
SHR
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26320