Exhaust fans for HVAC system with energy recovery wheel

A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system, comprising:

• a housing;
• a plurality of fans configured to discharge return air from the housing;
• an energy recovery wheel disposed within the housing, wherein the energy recovery wheel is configured to transfer heat between ambient air received by the housing and the return air;
• and
• a controller configured to operate the energy recovery wheel and suspend operation of a fan of the plurality of fans in an operating mode of the HVAC system.

A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium, comprising instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, are configured to cause the one or more processors to:

• operate each fan of a plurality of fans to discharge return air from a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit in a first mode of the HVAC unit;
• operate an energy recovery wheel in a second mode of the HVAC unit to transfer heat between ambient air and the return air;
• and
• suspend operation of a fan of the plurality of fans in the second mode.