Residential Building Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) & Boiler Operations Tracking with Cost Effective Sensors and Analysis for Breakdown and Efficiency Tracking

城市住房汉密尔顿（CHH）提供负担得起的住房在汉密尔顿地区。CHH是汉密尔顿最大的经济适用房供应商，也是安大略省第三大住房供应商。他们的投资组合包括超过1，200个物业的约7，000个单位，包括公寓，联排别墅，半独立式和独立式住宅。目前，CHH没有能力监测其大多数建筑物的供暖、通风和空调（HVAC）系统和锅炉的实时运行和关键性能指标。这带来了两个主要挑战：1）如果系统停机，延迟检测/通知（通知通常来自租户投诉），以及2）无法识别早期能源效率问题。莫霍克学院能源与电力创新中心（EPIC）和CHH将合作调查和试点一个具有成本效益的监测系统，该系统可以帮助CHH及时检测其建筑物中HVAC和锅炉设备的故障和/或能效问题。EPIC拥有传感器系统和数据分析专业知识，能够很好地支持CHH对数据监督和改进问题识别的需求，并提高系统效率。CHH将利用项目结果在其设备上实施具有成本效益的监控系统，确保及时维修，并迅速解决成本高昂的效率问题。

CityHousing Hamilton (CHH) provides affordable housing in the Hamilton region. CHH is the largest affordable housing provider in Hamilton, and the 3rd largest housing provider in the province of Ontario. Their portfolio consists of approximately 7,000 units across over 1,200 properties that include apartments, townhomes, semi-detached and detached dwellings. Currently, CHH does not have the capability to monitor real-time operations and key performance indicators of its heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and boilers in the majority of its buildings. That creates two main challenges: 1) delayed detection/notification if a system is down (the notification is usually from a tenant complaint) and 2) no ability to identify early energy efficiency issues. The Mohawk College Energy & Power Innovation Centre (EPIC) and CHH will collaboratively investigate and pilot a cost effective monitoring system that can help CHH promptly detect failures and/or energy efficiency issues in their HVAC and boiler equipment in their buildings. EPIC has sensor system and data analyses expertise that is well aligned to support the CHH needs for data oversight and improving issue identification and benefiting system efficiency. CHH will use the project results to implement cost effective monitoring systems on their equipment, ensure timely repairs, and address costly efficiency issues promptly.