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Electric and gas utility marketing of residential energy conservation case studies

Description: The objective of this research was to obtain information about utility conservation marketing techniques from companies actively engaged in performing residential conservation services. Many utilities currently are offering comprehensive services (audits, listing of contractors and lenders, post-installation inspection, advertising, and performing consumer research). Activities are reported for the following utilities: Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation; Tampa Electric Company; Memphis Light, Gas… more
Date: May 1, 1980
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Infiltration measurements in audit and retrofit programs

Description: A model that relates fan pressurization measurements to infiltration values during the heating season is the basis for infiltration estimates in several different audit programs. The model is described and validation results are presented. The model is used in three different audit strategies. The first is an energy audit to determine economically optimal retrofits for residential buildings, based on actual, on-site measurments of key indices of the house. Measurements are analyzed on a micropr… more
Date: April 1, 1981
Creator: Grimsrud, D. T.; Sonderegger, R. C. & Sherman, M. H.
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Energy auditor training curriculum

Description: The curriculum presented is designed to be used by States in training energy auditors. The curriculum has been prepared to insure that participating individuals are technically competent to plan, implement, and follow-up energy audits. Successful completion of the program satisfies general-qualification requirements for an energy auditor. The core of the training curriculum is the logical sequence of steps that the energy auditor will be experiencing in conducting energy audits and the implemen… more
Date: October 1, 1979
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Improving Energy Efficiency of Compressed Air System Based onSystem Audit

Description: Industrial electric motor systems consume more than 600billion kWh annually, accounting for more than 50 percent of China selectricity use. The International Energy Agency estimates thatoptimizing motor systems results in an improvement of 20-25 percent,which is well-supported by experience in both the U.S. and China.Compressed air systems in China use 9.4 percent of all electricity.Compressed air use in China is growing rapidly, as new industrial plantsare built and the production processes of… more
Date: June 1, 2007
Creator: Shanghai, Hongbo Qin & McKane, Aimee
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Texas Field Experiment Results: Performance of the Weatherization Assistance Program in Hot-Climate, Low-Income Homes

Description: A field test involving 35 houses was performed in Texas between 2000 and 2003 to study the response of low-income homes in hot climates to weatherization performed as part of the U.S Department of Energy Weatherization Assistance Program and to investigate certain methods to improve weatherization performance. The study found that improved Program designs and the use of advanced energy audits resulted in better weatherization measures being installed (use of blower doors to guide the infiltrati… more
Date: April 1, 2008
Creator: McCold, Lance Neil; Goeltz, Rick; Ternes, Mark P & Berry, Linda G
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An Analysis of Energy Savings Possible Through Advances in Automotive Tooling Technology

Description: The use of lightweight and highly formable advanced materials in automobile and truck manufacturing has the potential to save fuel. Advances in tooling technology would promote the use of these materials. This report describes an energy savings analysis performed to approximate the potential fuel savings and consequential carbon-emission reductions that would be possible because of advances in tooling in the manufacturing of, in particular, non-powertrain components of passenger cars and heavy … more
Date: December 3, 2004
Creator: Rick Schmoyer, RLS
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Manufactured Home Energy Audit (MHEA)Users Manual (Version 7)

Description: The Manufactured Home Energy Audit (MHEA) is a software tool that predicts manufactured home energy consumption and recommends weatherization retrofit measures. It was developed to assist local weatherization agencies working with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program. Whether new or experienced, employed within or outside the Weatherization Assistance Program, all users can benefit from incorporating MHEA into their manufactured home weatherization programs. DOE… more
Date: January 27, 2003
Creator: Gettings, M.B.
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Validation of the Manufactured Home Energy Audit (MHEA)

Description: The Manufactured Home Energy Audit (MHEA) is an energy audit tool designed specifically to identify recommended weatherization measures for mobile homes as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Weatherization Assistance Program. A field validation of MHEA was performed using billing/delivery data collected on 86 mobile homes heated primarily by electricity, natural gas, or propane to assess the audit's accuracy and the validity of its recommendations. The validation found that MHEA ov… more
Date: December 1, 2007
Creator: Ternes, Mark P.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analyses to Verify and Improve the Accuracy of the Manufactured Home Energy Audit (MHEA)

Description: A series of analyses were performed to determine the reasons that the Manufactured Home Energy Audit (MHEA) over predicted space-heating energy savings as measured in a recent field test and to develop appropriate corrections to improve its performance. The study used the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Building Energy Simulation Test (BESTEST) to verify that MHEA accurately calculates the UA-values of mobile home envelope components and space-heating energy loads as compared with other, well-… more
Date: December 1, 2008
Creator: Ternes, Mark P & Gettings, Michael B
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Evaluation of State Energy Program Accomplishments: 2002 Program Year

Description: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) State Energy Program (SEP) was established in 1996 by merging the State Energy Conservation Program (SECP) and the Institutional Conservation Program (ICP), both of which had been in existence since 1976 (U.S. DOE 2001a). The SEP provides financial and technical assistance for a wide variety of energy efficiency and renewable energy activities undertaken by the states and territories. SEP provides money to each state and territory according to a formula t… more
Date: July 13, 2005
Creator: Schweitzer, M.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Demonstration of energy conservation for multi-deck board dryers: Phase I. Final report

Description: A study to determine the feasibility of recovering and reusing heat from a large multi-deck dryer used in the manufacture of roof insulation board is described. Pilot scale tests and analyses show that heat recovery designs utilizing several types of heat exchange equipment are feasible. These include: indirect contact air-to-air heat exchangers for preheating combustion air for the dryer furnaces; direct contact air-to-water heat exchangers using water sprays to heat process water; and indirec… more
Date: February 1, 1980
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Economic and energy audit of textile foam processing

Description: Conventional wet processing of textiles - dyeing, or application of such surface finishes as soil and water repellents, antistatic agents, fire retardants, permanent press agents, and starch - consumes about 0.19 quadrillion Btu's of energy per year, the equivalent of 30 million barrels of oil. Because wet processing involves immersion of the fabric in a water bath, most of the energy used is in the form of heat for drying. In the newer foam finishing approach, the chemicals for surface finishe… more
Date: June 1, 1983
Creator: Machacek, R.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Characterization of changes in commercial building structure, equipment, and occupants: End-Use Load and Consumer Assessment Program

Description: Changes in commercial building structure, equipment, and occupants result in changes in building energy use. The frequency and magnitude of those changes have substantial implications for conservation programs and resource planning. For example, changes may shorten the useful lifetime of a conservation measure as well as impact the savings from that measure. This report summarizes the frequency of changes in a commercial building sample that was end-use metered under the End-Use Load and Consum… more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Lucas, R. G.; Taylor, Z. T.; Miller, N. E. & Pratt, R. G.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Office of Industrial Technologies technical reports

Description: The US Department of Energy's Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) conducts R D activities which focus on the objectives of improving energy efficiency and providing for fuel flexibility within US industry in the area of industrial energy conservation. The Office also conducts programs to reduce waste generation, increase recycling efforts, and improve the use of wastes as process feedstocks. An active program of technology transfer and education supports these activities and encourages adop… more
Date: January 1, 1992
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Liability aspects of home energy-rating systems

Description: Liability aspects of home energy rating systems are discussed. An introduction to the rating system concept, including types of rating systems, implementation efforts to date, and possible groups to conduct ratings, is also included. The home energy rating system concept involves the periodic rating of the energy efficiency of residential buildings. The rating can provide a relative indication of a home's energy efficiency and also a quantitative estimate of consumption, fuel cost, or both. Pri… more
Date: October 1, 1983
Creator: Hendrickson, P.L.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Solarization/conservation technology development for existing housing. Progress report

Description: The project objectives are: to develop a method for evaluationg existing residences for their energy solarization/conservation potential as well as carrying out the solarization/conservation work within context of the Community Development program; and to demonstrate appropriate methods of utilizing solar energy in existing Ann Arbor residences beyond that obtainable in a good conservation program. A general progress update is presented covering tasks related to community solarization/conservat… more
Date: June 1, 1981
Creator: Oberdick, W.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Impacts of the Residential Conservation Service program on residential solar developments

Description: The roles of the various participants in the Residential Conservation Service (RCS) program are examined, with special attention to their potential influence on the program's effectiveness in accelerating solar commercialization. Cooperation and support of the participants will be necessary for the information and implementation assistance goals of the program to be achieved, but resistance and obstructions are noted.
Date: April 1, 1981
Creator: Potter, T. & Bircher, T.
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Monitoring conservative retrofits in single family buildings

Description: This study has provided detailed before-and-after information on the ambient and comfort conditions in nine single family buildings, and on the energy consumption of those buildings, for one or more energy conservation retrofits. The data were recorded in such a manner that as well as being able to determine the savings from the retrofits and the influence these retrofits have on the comfort conditions of the residence, the effects of the retrofits on time-of-day usage are also determinable. Th… more
Date: December 6, 1992
Creator: Richardson, C.S.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Miscellaneous equipment in commercial buildings: The inventory, utilization, and consumption by equipment type

Description: The nature of the miscellaneous equipment (devices other than permanently installed lighting and those used for space conditioning) in commercial buildings is diverse, comprising a wide variety of devices that are subject to varied patterns of use. This portion of the commercial load is frequently underestimated, and widely hypothesized to be growing. These properties make it a particularly difficult load to characterize for purposes of demand-side management. In the End-Use Load and Consumer A… more
Date: September 1, 1990
Creator: Pratt, R. G.; Williamson, M. A. & Richman, E. E.
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Solarization/conservation technology development program for existing housing. Progress report

Description: A four month period of project organization, data file examination, development of concepts and technical study of S/C components is covered. At the start of the project 188 residences were considered appropriate for study in this program. All of these houses in the course of three years have had code update assistance. This has included some conservation retrofit. The City of Ann Arbor has been selected for a pilot study of the RCS Audit program. As of this date an initial 200 audits have been… more
Date: February 1, 1981
Creator: Oberdick, W.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy efficiency in nonprofit agencies: Creating effective program models

Description: Nonprofit agencies are a critical component of the health and human services system in the US. It has been clearly demonstrated by programs that offer energy efficiency services to nonprofits that, with minimal investment, they can educe their energy consumption by ten to thirty percent. This energy conservation potential motivated the Department of Energy and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to conceive a project to help states develop energy efficiency programs for nonprofits. The purpose of the… more
Date: August 1, 1990
Creator: Brown, M.A.; Prindle, B.; Scherr, M.I. & White, D.L.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Refinery energy profile. Data collection: Task 2 report

Description: Under Task 2, the raw data to be used in developing the various energy balances which will make up the refinery energy profile were gathered and recorded on a unit by unit basis. Temperature, pressure, flow, and composition data for each stream flowing to or from a significant energy producer or consumer were gathered to the maximum extent possible using available instrumentation and additional instrumentation moved on site. The procedures used, the problems encountered, the unit time requireme… more
Date: April 1, 1978
Creator: Maier, R. W.; Olivent, W. P.; Brandt, D. L.; Golden, T. G. & Hanson, O. L.
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The North Carolina Field Test

Description: The North Carolina Field Test will test the effectiveness of two weatherization approaches: the current North Carolina Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program and the North Carolina Field Test Audit. The Field Test Audit will differ from North Carolina's current weatherization program in that it will incorporate new weatherization measures and techniques, a procedure for basing measure selection of the characteristics of the individual house and the cost-effectiveness of the measure, and a… more
Date: August 1, 1990
Creator: Sharp, T. R. & Ternes, M. P.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Do it yourself lighting power survey: lighting power audit for use with the Massachusetts type watts per square foot method of calculating a building's lighting power budget

Description: Advantages of the self-audit approach to energy conservation are presented. These are that it is cheaper to do it yourself; the employees become part of the corporate conservation effect; and no one knows the building and its needs better than the occupant. Steps described in the lighting survey procedure are: (1) divide the building into categories; (2) determine the total square footage for each category; (3) assign a power allowance for each category; (4) multiply the total square footage fo… more
Date: June 1, 1980
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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