Measuring and verifying both the energy input and the system’s output is essential for data-based optimization, which delivers the biggest savings because varying the energy input of any piece of equipment will vary the total system output.
Pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities are energy intensive, and the HVAC system — the chilled water plant, the steam and hot water plant, and air distribution — typically consumes a full 65 percent of the energy used, according to research by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
