SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND EVALUATIONS
Associates, P.A. was the primary contractor for this project.  Dr. Sud was the principal investigator.

ASHRAE GPC-14:  Measurement of Energy and Demand Savings. Dr. Sud is a voting member of the GPC.

ASHRAE TC 9.6: Systems Energy Utilization.  Dr. Sud is a past Chair of TC 9.6, which is the cognizant TC for several standards and
responsible for two chapters in the HVAC Applications Handbook.

ASHRAE Standard 100.5: Energy Conservation in Existing Institutional Buildings.  Dr. Sud was a member of the committee that wrote this
standard and Dr. Chaddock helped develop Standard 90.

ASHRAE Technical Committee 4.7 ‑ Energy Calculations (Member 1978‑83, Secretary 1981‑83). Member, TC 4.7 Subcommittees on
Handbook and Simplified Energy Calculations.  

ASHRAE Standard 14-2002:  Dr. Sud is a voting member of the committee that wrote this guideline  for Measurement of Energy and
Demand Savings.

Technical Assistance for EPA’s Energy Star Building Program to reduce energy usage in facilities nationwide.  Authored portions of the
EPA’s Putting Energy Into Profits:  Energy Star® Small Business Guide.

ASHRAE Special Project 56:  Development of a Guide for Analyzing and Reporting Building Characteristics and Energy Use in Commercial
Buildings.

Development of the Duke University Building Energy Analysis Method(DUBEAM) and Generation of Plots for North Carolina, (with Wiggins,
Chaddock, and Butler), Report submitted to North Carolina Energy Institute.

Development of the Prudent 90‑75R Retrofit and Evaluation of Standard Designs of Selected Commercial Buildings for the Development of
Energy Performance Standards for New Buildings, (with J.B. Chaddock), Report submitted to the American Institute of Architects
Research Corporation and U.S. Department of Energy.

A Simplified Procedure for Sizing and Analyzing Thermal Energy Storage in Commercial and Institutional Buildings, and Generation of
Plots for North Carolina, (with W.F. Milburn and R.L. Aicher), Reports submitted to North Carolina Energy Institute.

Development and Validation of a Computer Model for Electric Water Heaters, (with R.L. Aicher), Report Submitted to Carolina Light and
Power Company.

Thermal Energy Storage for Commercial and Institutional Buildings in North Carolina, Co‑sponsored by NC Energy Institute, Duke Power
Company, and Carolina Power and Light Company, 1979‑1980, (Co‑principal Investigator).

Comparison of DOE‑2 and ASHRAE TC 4.7 Procedure for Residential Buildings, Sponsor ‑ National Bureau of Standards.

Development and Validation of Computer Models of Electric Water Heaters, Sponsor ‑ Carolina Power and Light Company, 1981‑1982.

Control Strategies for Minimum Energy Usage, Sponsor ‑ ASHRAE, 1980‑1983, Assessment of Commercial Load Management
Opportunities Using Energy Management Systems, NC Alternative Energy Corporation.

Cooperative Agreements with City-Owned Electric Utilities to Reduce their Peak Loads by Using Emergency Generators Owned by
Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Company.

Economic and Engineering Feasibility of Installing Utility Funded Emergency Generators at Davidson Water, Inc. to Reduce Peak Billing
Loads Experienced by EMC Serving the Plant.

Waste Heat Recovery in Restaurants:  Design Optimization and Field Verification.  Research sponsored by DOE.

Comparative Performance of Desiccant Cooling: Supermarkets.  Research sponsored by NC Energy Division.

Variable Airflow Devices For Lumber Dry Kiln Fans:  An Engineering Validation.  Research sponsored by NC Alternative Energy Corporation.

Humidity Control in Library:  Evaluation of Heat Pipe Systems, System Optimization, and Other Techniques for Humidity Control.  Research
sponsored by Electric Power Research Institute.
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