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Title

  • Main Title Jersey City energy conservation demonstration program. Final report

Creator

  • Author: Newbold, R.F.
    Creator Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA (USA). Energy and Resources Div.
    Place of Publication: United States

Date

  • Creation: 1978-08-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The Aerospace Corporation, the City Government, and the Board of Education of Jersey City have conducted a group of energy-conservation experiments to explore a number of conservation techniques believed to offer quick payback and to be of wide applicability. Experiments include the updating and/or rehabilitation of the energy-consuming features of old buildings and installation of devices designed to minimize energy losses caused by human error or laxity. Specific examples include: upgrading of the deteriorated and inefficient steam-distribution system of the city hall (originally constructed in 1894); an extensive program of reducing infiltration in an old school building; use of several timing devices in connection with heating, ventilation, and lighting systems to encourage energy-conservation practices; retrofit of school classrooms with high-pressure sodium lamps; and demonstration of practical and cost-effective ways of increasing the efficiency of conventional steam boilers. The report presents: the nature of the selected experiments; technical, human, and organizational factors that proved significant in performing and evaluating the experiments; discussions of observations and lessons learned; and general recommendations for an extended program of energy conservation in local governments. It is emphasized that, in retrofit of existing buildings, the unexpected is commonplace; and the habits and attitudes of building occupants are elements of the system that must always be taken into account. This report shows the benefits of energy saving, cost saving, and added comfort that may be attained by retrofitting old buildings, noting typical complications that arise. The effectiveness of the conservation methods is presented in terms of costs relative to effective payback periods calculated from results of their application in Jersey City.
  • Physical Description: Pages: 229

Subject

  • Keyword: Buildings
  • Keyword: Boilers
  • Keyword: New Jersey
  • Keyword: Efficiency
  • Keyword: Public Buildings
  • STI Subject Categories: 291000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Conservation
  • Keyword: Lighting Systems
  • Keyword: Demonstration Programs
  • Keyword: Local Government
  • Keyword: Mid-Atlantic Region
  • Keyword: Energy Consumption
  • Keyword: Degree Days
  • Keyword: Electrical Equipment
  • Keyword: Economics
  • Keyword: Losses
  • Keyword: Graphs
  • Keyword: Steam Generators
  • Keyword: Educational Facilities
  • Keyword: Heating Systems
  • Keyword: Energy Losses
  • Keyword: Retrofitting
  • Keyword: Payback Period
  • Keyword: Energy Conservation
  • Keyword: Tables
  • Keyword: Usa
  • Keyword: Vapor Generators 320104* -- Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization-- Commercial & Industrial Buildings-- (-1987)
  • Keyword: Data Forms
  • Keyword: Ventilation Systems
  • STI Subject Categories: 29 Energy Planning, Policy And Economy
  • STI Subject Categories: 32 Energy Conservation, Consumption, And Utilization
  • Keyword: Equipment
  • Keyword: North America
  • STI Subject Categories: 320103 -- Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization-- School, Municipal, & Other Public Buildings-- (-1987)
  • STI Subject Categories: 320102 -- Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization-- Office Buildings-- (-1987)
  • Keyword: School Buildings

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Report No.: COO-2820-1
  • Report No.: ATR-78(7584-01)-1
  • Grant Number: EY-76-C-02-2820
  • DOI: 10.2172/5979569
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 5979569
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1103453

Note

  • Display Note: Dep. NTIS, PC A11/MF A01.
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