What does VRF-01 mean? On a heat-pump (non-heat-recovery) VRF system, some indoor units call for heating while others call for cooling.
Why does it matter? The losing zones get nothing while the outdoor unit hunts; comfort complaints and wasted compressor hours.
What should you do? Group zones with similar loads on each outdoor unit, use master-mode selection or a heat-recovery system where loads genuinely differ.
How Energy Agent prices a finding
Written by Pelorus Engineering · Brent Waluzak, P.E. (FL), President, Pelorus Engineering Last updated 2026-09-13
Typical evidence One indoor unit heating while its neighbour cooled for three weeks.
From a synthetic demonstration dataset, not a customer building.
At a glance Data BAS trend export Pricing Capacity-based Effort to fix Medium: usually a controls or mechanical repair Screening-level estimates; confirm with measurement and verification before capital commitment.