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Estimating Operating Costs of HVAC Systems

These "Tips" are intended to give the owners, operators, and engineers a quick estimate of how much it costs to operate HVAC equipment and how much power can be saved when changes are made to the system. The "Tips" are not to be used in preparing energy audits or for other contract documents as they are only "rule of thumb" estimates.

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