Energy Efficiency

National Building Controls Information Program

Best Practices | Product Testing Reports | Initial Activities | Other

In 2001, the National Building Controls Information Program (NBCIP) was established by the Iowa Energy Center with support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to facilitate the adoption of energy efficient building control products and strategies through testing, demonstration, education and dissemination of product information. The program as come to a close.

Other NBCIP sponsors included the California Energy Commission, the California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research Program and NSTAR.

NBCIP published reports designed to assist engineers, building owners, facility managers, building operators, installation specialists, product specifiers, commissioning providers, and manufacturers with the selection, installation, operation and maintenance of control products and strategies for their building application.

All NBCIP reports in Adobe PDF format are available free to the public. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files. Download the the latest version of Adobe Acrobat.

Case Studies

• A Case Study of Control Problems and Resolutions in a High-Rise Office Building, April 2008.

• Supplement, Duct-Mounted Relative Humidity Transmitters, July 2005

• Duct-Mounted Relative Humidity Transmitters, April 2004. Revised November 2004

Initial Activities

• Building Energy Use and Control Problems: Defining the Connection. February 2002. NBCIP/02/01.1

• NBCIP Roundtable Summary: What's Wrong with Building Controls? February 2002. NBCIP/02/03

• NBCIP Roundtable Summary: What's Wrong with Building Controls? Part 2 November 2002. NBCIP/02/05

• Characterization of Building Controls and Economizers using the Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey. May 2003. NBCIP/03/01

Related Publications and Presentations

• House, John M., Maria Corsi and Curtis J. Klaassen, "Resources for Commissioning Providers: DDC Online and the National Building Controls Information Program." Presented at the 12th National Conference on Building Commissioning, Atlanta, GA, May 18-20, 2004.

• Katipamula, S. and S. Gaines, "Characterization of Building Controls and Energy Efficiency Options Using Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey." Prepared for NBCIP under Contract No. I3 94579 00, February 2003.

• House, John, Curtis J. Klaassen, J. Jay Santos, and Larry D. Lister "DDC Online: Your Building–Control Catalog." Republished electronically with permission from HPAC Engineering, July 2003 Visit HPAC Engineering online at: www.hpac.com

• Presentation at ASHRAE Winter Meeting Chicago 2003 "The National Building Controls Information Program: A National Initiative on Better Building Controls." Curtis J. Klaassen.

• Presentation at RECOM Canada 2003 "The National Building Controls Information Program: A National Initiative on Better Building Controls." Maria Corsi.

• Presentation at ACEEE 2002 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. "The National Building Controls Information Program." John M. House.

• Barwig, F. E., J. M. House, C. J. Klaassen, M. M. Ardehali, and T. F. Smith. 2002. "The National Building Controls Information Program." ACEEE 2002 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings Proceedings. American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, Washington, D.C.

• Klaassen, Curtis J. "Installing BAS Sensors Properly." Republished electronically with permission from HPAC Engineering, August 2001. Visit HPAC Engineering online at: www.hpac.com

• Klaassen, Curtis J. "Selecting and Specifying Building Automation System Sensors." Republished electronically with permission from HPAC Engineering, July 2001. Visit HPAC Engineering online at: www.hpac.com

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