When the ASHRAE headquarters facility was built in 2008, a living laboratory was established to collect ongoing energy data of HVAC systems – including a ClimateMaster geothermal heat pump system (GHP) on the second floor and a variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system on the first floor.
Data collected since the completion of the renovation in 2008 includes a performance comparison between the geothermal system and the VRF system.