energy savings from increasing the thermostat set point

[jk2006]

I was trying to estimate the energy and cost savings possible by increasing the thermostat temperature set point by 1 degree C. Could you please advise me how I could estimate this. This is for a small office building using chilled water from a centralised chiller plant.

Thanks

Jacob

[The Saint]

Rule of thumb by setting thermostat to 75 deg F or higher:

You save 1% energy for every 1 deg F increase in thermostat setting.
Cheers

[MikeJ]

That rule of thumb won't be true for his system?

[The Saint]

Originally posted by MikeJ
That rule of thumb won't be true for his system?

Prove it man.

[MikeJ]

Can't. Not experienced with chillers. Seems logical tho.

'Tis why I used the (?).

[markwolf]

I do not have any formulas but I think it would be more than 1 percent.How much less moisture are you going to be removing & will this be acceptable?How much less latent heat will you be dealing with?Warming the space temperature deals with more than just sensible heat.

[jk2006]

Thanks a lot for the hints. this is very useful. just for information, i am in bangkok, with high humidity throughout the year.