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Sun City West centralizes thermostat control to reduce tampering and cut utility costs
Summary
Sun City West facility staff described a centralized HVAC control system that sets occupied and unoccupied temperatures across dozens of units, reduces run time and utility costs, and channels resident temperature requests to facility staff or club presidents.
Sun City West facility staff said a centralized control system now manages most rec-center heating and cooling, limiting manual thermostat adjustments and reducing utility use.
The system, overseen by the facilities maintenance group, holds daily schedules and separate occupied and unoccupied set points for spaces such as exercise areas and clubrooms. "After 4, it's gonna not cool until or not heat until it get drops to 65 and no cooling until 85," said Russ Boston, facility maintenance manager, describing the automatic overnight set points that put units into a dormant mode when buildings are closed. Boston later pointed to a sensor error on the…
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