P2. Assment And Field Testing Of Ventilation Recovery Heat Pumps > Approach

• Identify the most promising applications of ventilation recovery heat pumps for small commercial buildings in California.
  
• Demonstrate the technology in a favorable application and document its performance.

• Test a heat pump heat recovery (HPHR) unit in a laboratory to characterize its performance and to develop a model that would be suitable for use in a simulation tool.

• Demonstrate and monitor an HPHR installed in commercial or institutional facility in California.

• The field-monitored data would be used to verify the model results and make adjustments to the model if required.

• Use the simulation tool developed in Project 3.1 with the model developed during the laboratory testing to predict performance and make economic assessments for several building types in California's climate zones.

• Prepare a final report to document the results.

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