Advanced Kitchen Ventilation Controls

At a Glance

Status

under development

Fuel type

electric

The RTF will be working to develop this measure. Please reach out with any data.

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Decided

November 19, 2019

Allocate Resources to New Measure Development

Decision Details

Allocate resources to:

Small Commercial DHPs
Generator Engine Block Heaters
ENERGY STAR Air Purifiers
Non-Residential LED Wallpacks
Residential High Efficiency Central AC
Advanced Kitchen Ventilation Controls
Retrofit or Upgrade Doors on Existing Display Cases
Air Curtains for Walk-Ins
Floating Controls for Multiplex Refrigeration System
Display Case Upgrade and Replacement

Do not allocate resource to:

Workstation Power Management Devices
Anti-Fouling Refrigerant Additives
ENERGY STAR Dehumidifiers

Proposer Information

Name

Eric Miller

Organization

Benton REA

Proposed Category

planning

Description

This would be a measure very analogous to Advanced Rooftop Controls. ARC is about employing a VFD and controls to improve the management of ventilation in a commercial building but a significant portion of the measure is to insure that the economizer functions properly. A control strategy for commercial kitchens like this one also introduces a vfd and more sophisticated controls but I think that a significant portion of it is that it will bring important attention to the issue of make-up air for the kitchen. Just as economizer functionality gets lost in the day-to-day concerns of the conditioning system, folks lose entire track of the necessity of having a properly balanced makeup air system. I recently watched a webinar about a unit that uses a temperature sensor AND a sensor to look for the amount of particulate moving through the system and presumably adjusts the airflow accordingly. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if there aren’t other companies that offer a similar scheme for controls but I am wondering how many kitchens are just using some sort of manual (high and low adjustment - or even just on or off) during their cooking process. This is doubtless a potential measure that has more savings on gas energy than electric energy (again, like ARC) but it looks like we are wading into those waters anyway.

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