Editor's note: The New Buildings Institute (NBI) is conducting a Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) project for the California Energy Commission (CEC). NBI's project is called Integrated Energy Systems - Productivity and Buildings Science Program. As the name suggests, it is not individual building components, equipment or materials that optimize energy efficiency. Instead, energy efficiency is improved through the integrated design, construction and operation of building systems. One element of the overall project is examining integrated design of small HVAC systems in commer