Sizing of air-conditioning plant for commercial buildings in Hong Kong

Results of a survey indicate that 89% of the respondents use PC-based software packages to size their air-conditioning plant; 67% of them care about the building energy use; 83% adopt either ASHRAE. standards or CIBSF. guides in their design work: 67% intentionally oversize: and 87% use central air-conditioning plant with primary air fan-coil (PAF) systems in their recently completed commercial building projects.