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Audit Costs for the 1986 Texas Energy Cost Containment Program
Abstract
Direct program costs for detailed audits of
13.5 million square feet of institutional building
space in the 1986 Texas Energy Cost Containment
Program were $0.047/SF. The building area was 63
percent simple (offices, schools, and
universities) and 37 percent complex (medical
buildings and power plants). Allowing for the
influence of one large facility which received
less-extensive treatment due to previous work,
thorough audits were obtained for an average cost
of $0.050/SF. Large medical buildings (greater
than about 170,000 square feet) were audited for
$0.050/SF or less, and program costs for survey
audits of 17.2 million square feet were
$0.0028/SF. The effect on audit costs of
complexity of recommended modifications, amount of
savings determined, amount of implementation
costs, building size, and building complexity are
discussed. Primary effects on audit costs are
size and complexity of buildings. Program
guidelines limited consideration of projects with
greater than a four year payback.
Citation
Heffington, W. M.; Lum, S. K.; Bauer, V. A.; Turner, W. D. (1987). Audit Costs for the 1986 Texas Energy Cost Containment Program. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /6489.