近年來,國內民眾對於建築、設備能源不同使用方式之節能效益與舒適度有諸多意見分歧之討論。合理可靠的實驗設施與實驗結果可幫助釐清這些討論,給予民眾具泛用性的建議。本研究先介紹2020年甫落成之「亞熱帶綠能建築技術研發測試平台SPINLab」,接續於SPINLab實驗分析分離式空調除濕模式與冷房模式運轉時,空調耗能與室內環境之差異。結果顯示,除濕模式受設備內建控制邏輯影響,當設定溫度較室內溫度低時,有節電效果;當設定溫度較室內溫度高時,系統會自動默認一個更低的設定溫度且低風量運轉,使除濕模式耗電增加。
Recently, the publics have various issues and discussions about the relationship between energy use and ways of using equipment and building. A full-scale, comprehensive-function testing facility and a series of reasonable tests would help us clarify those issues, and propose more reliable suggestions for the publics. This study first introduced a brand-new testing facility: SPINLab-Subtropical Performance Testbed for Innovative Energy Research in Building, that built in 2020. Then, we conducted a test to compare air-conditioner energy uses between two different operating modes: dehumidify mode and cooling mode. Results shown that: dehumidify mode operating would save energy when the setpoint is lower than the indoor temperature; on the other hand, dehumidify mode has a special control sequence that automatedly lowers the setpoint when the setpoint is higher than the indoor temperature. Therefore, dehumidify mode operating would consume more energy than cooling mode operating when the setpoint is higher than the indoor temperature.