Study of Effectiveness of Contemporary Standard VAV HVAC System over Conventional Multi Zone Air Handler HVAC System in an 8 Storey Financial Institutional Building at Akola, Maharashtra, India through Energy Model Simulation Software

The world today is a complex system advancing through time trying to work its way around the First Principle of Thermodynamics ‘Energy can neither be created nor be destroyed'. With the world population increasing at an unprecedented rate and an ever-increasing energy demand, it is of vital importance to make use of the energy available to us in the most effective way possible. Rapid advancements in technology since the mid 20thcentury have had a major impact on elevating the standard of living of the world populace. Technologies and services thought of as exotic and out of reach of common people are now becoming widespread and common. One such technology is the Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. The proportion of electrical energy consumed by these systems with respect to the total electrical energy generated is a sizeable amount. Optimizing the energy consumption of HVAC systems is thus an important criterion when discussing energy efficiency. This paper explores the difference in the efficiency of a contemporary standard VAV HVAC system and a conventional multi-zone air handler HVAC system applied to a hypothetical financial institutional building situated at Akola, Maharashtra, India.