CEAC-2021-04-April

The only true, tested method of
basically making the building
healthy,” Rock says, “is outside air.
— Lance Rock, Principal, UniBES Inc., and Developer of Audit Master PRO
BRINGING IN THE OUTSIDE … PROPERLY
OSHA advocates for the compliance of buildings maximizing
their intake of outside air as a means of ensuring the best
health for occupants, but this can be a challenge. “Really, what
it means,” Rock explains of the process on which Audit Master
PRO capitalizes, “is flooding with as much outside air as you
can without losing the building. It’s 31 degrees out — how much
outside air can you mix with your return air before you lose the
building? How much 90-degree, hot, humid air in the summer
can you mix with your return air before you lose the building?”
And this is where the Audit Master PRO software comes in.
Once they license and install the software from UniBES, chief
engineers and building managers are able to maximize control
over their outside air intake, meeting outside air requirements
based on ASHRAE degree days and the ZIP code in which the
building is located. “Every time you put in a ZIP code for a city
you’re working in, it already calculates degree days and requirements,”
Rock says. “We meet the outside air requirements per
building, and then we go above and beyond, where the system
will allow us to go x amount of percent over, without losing the
building — meaning temperature. That’s the compliance. It’s not
filtration.”
Rock’s goals for clients who use the software are simple: to decrease
energy costs through optimization of the HVAC systems,
Audit Master PRO is programmed to flag any reporting errors to protect
the accuracy of the data it delivers.
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By optimizing the HVAC systems in a building, Audit Master PRO is able to
decrease energy costs, while simultaneously maximizing the flow of outside
air for the healthiest possible airflow.