February Chapter Meeting

Main Program: Dehumidification Strategies for High Performance Buildings As the building industry moves toward a more efficient future the challenges placed upon the standard HVAC system, and the design engineer steadily increase. The load profiles of buildings are changing to become increasingly latent heat intensive requiring careful consideration to achieve acceptable thermal comfort under all operating conditions. The direct expansion comfort cooling equipment commonly available typically falls short of meeting the design latent load in modern buildings. This presentation will cover strategies that can be utilized to achieve efficient moisture removal under a variety of circumstances including investigating if reheat is still required to prevent overcooling.