Relational Control:

More Efficient and Effective Control for the 21st Century

ASHRAE Tom Hartman, P.E. The Hartman Company B.C. & Vancouver Island Georgetown, Texas Chapters www.hartmanco.com October 18 & 19, 2006 E-mail: [email protected]

READING AND REFERENCE LIST

1. Relational Control Hartman, T. and Sinclair, K (2006). What’s Relational Control?, An Email Interview, automatedbuildings.com, May. http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/may06/interviews/060427044011hartman.htm Hartman, T. (2006). New Vistas with Relational Control, A three Part Series, automatedbuildings.com, March, April, May. http://www.automatedbuildings. com/news/mar06/articles/hartman/060227054447hartman.htm http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/apr06/articles/hrtmn/060327030702hrtmn.htm http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/may06/articles/thtmn/060427045651hartman.htm Hartman, T. (2005). Relational Control. HPAC Engineering, October. http://www.hartmanco.com/pdf/a47.pdf

2. The Equal Marginal Performance Principle

Page 1 of 4 Hartman, T. (2005). Designing Efficient Systems with the Equal Marginal Performance Principle. ASHRAE Journal, July. http://resourcecenter.ashrae.org/store/ashrae/newstore.cgi? itemid=25929&view=item&page=1&loginid=4867398&priority=cat103egory&words=Hartman &method=and& (Note: you may need to be an ASHRAE member to access this document) Hartman, T. (2005). What is the Equal Marginal Performance Principle? Automatedbuildings.com, July. http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/jul05/interviews/hartman.htm

3. Demand Based Control Hartman, T. (2001) Ultra-Efficient Cooling with Demand Based Control. HPAC Engineering, December. http://www.hartmanco.com/pdf/a39.pdf Hartman, T. (2002). Optimizing All-Variable Speed Systems With Demand Based Control. Automatedbuildings.com, May. http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/may02/articles/hrtmn/hrtmn.htm Hartman, T. (2002). Out With the Old, In With the New. HPAC Engineering, August. http://www.hartmanco.com/pdf/a38.pdf

4. Intelligent Iterative Control Hartman, T. (2003). Presenting intelligent iterative control: PID replacement for setpoint control (Part 1). HPAC Engineering, September. http://www.hpac.com/member/archive/0309freaks.htm Hartman, T. (2003). Presenting intelligent iterative control: PID replacement for setpoint control (Part 2). HPAC Engineering, October. http://www.hpac.com/member/archive/0310freaks.htm Hartman, T. (2003). Presenting intelligent iterative control: PID replacement for setpoint control (Part 3). HPAC Engineering, November. http://www.hpac.com/member/archive/0311freaks.htm

5. Performance Issues & Case Studies

Turpin, J. (2006) Night Shift. Engineered Systems, July. http://www.esmagazine.com/CDA/Articles/Feature_Article/507750746bc3c010VgnVCM100000 f932a8c0 San Diego Regional Energy Office. (2006) Juvenile Hall’s Water-Cooled Chillers Retrofitted with Oil-Less Compressors. HPAC Engineering, May. http://www.hpac.com/member/archive/0605want.htm Erpelding, B. (2006) Ultra-Efficient All-Variable Speed Chiller Plants. HPAC Engineering, March. http://www.sdenergy.org/uploads/case_mag_HPAC_Eng_032006.pdf

Page 2 of 4 Hartman, T. (2002). Optimizing All-Variable Speed Systems With Demand Based Control. Automatedbuildings.com, May. http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/may02/articles/hrtmn/hrtmn.htm Hartman, T. (2001). All Variable Speed Chilled Water Plants. ASHRAE Journal, September. http://resourcecenter.ashrae.org/store/ashrae/newstore.cgi? itemid=5981&view=item&page=1&loginid=4867398&priority=cat103egory&words=Hartman& method=and& (Note: you may need to be an ASHRAE member to access this document) Hartman, T. (2001) Ultra-Efficient Cooling with Demand Based Control. HPAC Engineering, December. http://www.hartmanco.com/pdf/a39.pdf Hartman, T. (1999). “LOOP” Chiller Plant Dramatically Lowers Chilled Water Costs. ASME International Conference, Lahaina, Hawaii, April. http://www.hartmanco.com/pdf/pre11.pdf

6. Design / Construction / Operation Process Improvements for High Performance Systems and a Sustainable Future Hartman, T. (2006). The HVAC Industry CAN Reinvent Itself Automatedbuildings.com, October. http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/oct06/articles/hartman/060928114025htmn.htm

Hartman, T. (2006). Can ASHRAE Reinvent Itself? Automatedbuildings.com, August. http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/aug06/articles/hartman/070624115404hartman.htm

Hartman, T. (2005). What’s The Role For Advanced Technologies In Green Building Design? Engineered Systems, August. http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/aug05/articles/ibtth/ibtth.htm Hartman, T. (2004). Growing a Greener Engineering Profession. automatedbuildings.com, September. Http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/sep04/articles/thtmn/thtmn.htm Hartman, T. (2004). Perfect We Ain't But Becoming Better is Surprisingly Easy. automatedbuildings.com, March. http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/mar04/articles/thtmn/thtmn.htm Hartman, T. (2003). Applying Advanced Technology Products and Services to Projects The Process is the Problem! Automatedbuildings.com, November. http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/nov03/articles/thmn/thmn.htm Hartman, T. (2003). Ending the Blackout Blues! Automatedbuildings.com, October. http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/oct03/articles/hrtmn/hman.htm Hartman, T. (2003) Design Team Communications: Keeping a Perspective on Personalities. Automatedbuildings.com, December. http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/dec03/articles/thmn/thmn.htm Hartman, T. (1989). Total Involvement Engineering. HPAC Engineering, August.

Page 3 of 4 7. Related Topics: Hartman, T. (2003). Improving VAV Zone Control. ASHRAE Journal, June. http://resourcecenter.ashrae.org/store/ashrae/newstore.cgi? itemid=17000&view=item&page=1&loginid=4867398&priority=cat103egory&words=hartman &method=and& Hartman, T. (2002-3). Strengthening The Weak Links To Higher Performing Buildings. automatedbuildings.com, 5 part series, September, October, November, December, January. http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/jan03/articles/thtmn/th.htm Hartman, T. (2002). All-Variable Speed Chilled Water Distribution Systems: Optimizing Distribution Efficiency. Automatedbuildings.com, April. http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/apr02/art/htmn/htmn.htm Hartman, T. (2002). PID Control: May it Rest in Peace. HPAC Engineering, July. http://www.hartmanco.com/pdf/a37.pdf Hartman, T. (2000). HVAC Control: An Essay On Change. Automatedbuildings.com, January. http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/jan00/articles/hartman/hartman.htm Hartman, T. (2000). “Network Based Control: An Imperative for Green Buildings. APEC Green Building Workshop and Conference: Network Based Control, Taipei, Taiwan October. http://www.hartmanco.com/pdf/pre15.pdf Hartman, T. (2000). Chiller-Plant Control Utilizing Gateway Technologies. HPAC Engineering, January. http://www.hartmanco.com/pdf/a34.pdf Hartman, T. (1999). “LOOP” Chiller Plant Dramatically Lowers Chilled Water Costs. ASME International Conference, Lahaina, Hawaii, April. http://www.hartmanco.com/pdf/pre11.pdf Hartman, T. (1998). Packaging DDC Networks With Variable Speed Drives. HPAC Engineering, November. http://www.hartmanco.com/pdf/a32.pdf

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